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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
by Isaac Asimov (Scientist, American , born in 1920) keywords: although, catastrophes, fiction, foresee, inevitable, may, problems, science, solutions , writers Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
by Norman Borlaug (Scientist, American , born in 1914) keywords: ages, ancient, catastrophes, desolation, despair, diseases, drought, during, gods, plant, recurrent, remedies, spirits, supernatural , were Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen.
by Andrew Coyle Bradley (Judge, American , born in 1844) keywords: attempt, brought, catastrophes, course, felt, foreseen, his, inevitable, least, makes, precise, rarely, shakespeare, surprise, though, very, way, which , will The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
by Ernest Dimnet (Clergyman, French , born in 1866) keywords: catastrophes, destructive, errors, fatal, great, happiness, little, most, repetition, ruined, slowly , things Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke.
by Chuck Jones (Director, American , born in 1912) keywords: beings, broke, bucket, buy, catastrophes, go, human, light, line, miles, selling, sunshine, try, up , will The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.
by Otto Schily (Public Servant, German , born in 1932) keywords: auxiliary, become, been, catastrophes, during, force, important, military, past, police, population, protecting , tremendously Catastrophes are often stimulated by the failure to feel the emergence of a domain, and so what cannot be felt in the imagination is experienced as embodied sensation in the catastrophe.
by William Irwin Thompson (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: cannot, catastrophe, catastrophes, domain, embodied, emergence, experienced, failure, feel, felt, imagination, often, sensation , stimulated Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.
by Len Wein (Cartoonist, American , born in 1948) keywords: catastrophes, complete, even, failures, feedback, finished, generate, gone, most, positive, some, sometimes, stories, sure, them, things, thought, were, which, written , your It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: age, catastrophes, deaths, diseases, kill, laugh, look, murders, run, steps, up, us , way