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katrina metaphor mirror phenomenon society
It's not so much Katrina as a phenomenon as it's Katrina as a metaphor for what our society has become. It reflects; it's a mirror of what we've become - super-extraordinarily complacent. John Franklin
spring cities rivers
I went to Communism as one goes to a spring of fresh water, and I left Communism as one clambers out of a poisoned river strewn with the wreckage of flooded cities and the corpses of the drowned. Arthur Koestler
spring rocks government
Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his currents, how to shift his sails; What she will bear in foul, what in fair weathers; Where her springs are, her leaks, and how to stop 'em; What strands, what shelves, what rocks do threaten her. Ben Jonson
spring thinking years
The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing. Abdallah II of Jordan
spring yoga thinking
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. Dalai Lama
spring thinking government
Time and again-from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the events of 9/11 to the onset of the Arab Spring-events have caught the experts, whether in government or on the outside, completely by surprise. Business owners with comparable performance records go bust. Brokers lose their clients. Physicians get sued for malpractice. Yet think-tankers and policy wonks continue to opine, never pausing to reflect on-or apologize for-their spotty records. Andrew Bacevich
spring training looks
A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater. Christy Mathewson
spring keys virtue
Virtue is the fount whence honour springs. Christopher Marlowe
spring yellow growing
I suppose he could have changed," Neal said dryly. "I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil." The other pages snorted. Kel eyed her friend. "You do look yellow around the edges," she told him, her face quite serious. "I hadn’t wanted to bring it up." "We daffodils like to have things brought up," Neal said, slinging an arm around her shoulders. "It reminds us of spring. Tamora Pierce
spring eye perspective
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. Sylvia Plath