- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ground Zero Quotes
The idiom for a starting point, used across many contexts
Here, Ground Zero is used idiomatically as a starting point or epicenter rather than as a literal place. See Impact Quotes for related reflections on turning points.
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- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rise of Donald Trump established a new ground zero for liberal media, requiring no pretence of balance - better yet, with a kind of political brain haemorrhage, everybody seemed to have lost the ability to be balanced.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half.
- First Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020