"I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within."

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Source : "How US Can Avert Fiscal Cliff: 'We've Got Some Hope'". CNBC Interview, www.cnbc.com. July 12, 2012.

Erskine Bowles

#Country Quotes #Cancer Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I have come to believe that extracting natural gas from shale using the newish technique called hydrofracking is the environmental issue of our time. And I think you should, too.”
“For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.”
“When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart environments where, if you meet a certain probabilistic profile, you won't even be allowed to board a bus, let alone commit a crime, we're perpetuating existing laws so they face no challenges or revision.”
“I'm happy wherever I go, whatever I do. I'm happy in Iowa, I'm happy here in California.”
“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”
“I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.”
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”
“Catching sight of himself in the long mirrors that ran along the walls, he stiffened in shock...His eyes were surrounded by black shadows, his shirt smeared with dried blood and filthy mud... "Admiring yourself?" The Inquisitor's voice cut through his reverie. "You won't look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you." "You do seem obsessed with my look...Could it be that you're attracted to me?" "Don't be revolting...You could be my son.”

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