Afshin Molavi on crisis
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You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
Rahm EmanuelRahm Emanuel There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
Rahm EmanuelRahm Emanuel The completely solitary self: that’s where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also.
Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky It’s just very hard to teach a class of students about what has happened in the Global Financial Crisis.
Alan M. TaylorAlan M. Taylor Institutions of the newer participants in global finance had not been tested, until recently…recent crisis have underscored certain financial structure vulnerabilities that are not readily assuaged in the short run.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope.
Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson Life isn’t like coursework, baby. It’s one damn essay crisis after another.
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