- Nov 07, 2020
Temporary Quotes
Reminders that most things, good or hard, don't last forever.
These temporary quotes explore how fleeting roles, hardships, and even wartime power can be, reminding readers that very little in life is permanent. For more reflections on how we move through change, see our Life collection.
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- Inequality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
- Nov 07, 2020
Obama gave temporary amnesty to well over 1 million illegal immigrants, and Romney said nothing.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
If one sees far, structural changes that come with temporary disruptions can be growth- and efficiency-augmenting in the medium to long term.
- Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Turkey, there are no 'refugee camps.' There are Turkish 'temporary protection shelters.' The Kurdis had no papers, no UNHCR refugee designations, and no passports, and therefore did not qualify for exit visas.
- Acute
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conceived as a short-term remedy to the occasional ailment of acute labour shortages in key industries, the indentured-labour service had to be dismantled by the Conservatives owing to its inevitably scandalous abuse by disreputable employers. By 2012, there were 338,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada.
- Permanent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's the problem: the so-called 'millionaire surtax' is a permanent tax to pay for a temporary benefit.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.
- Funding
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
A temporary reduction in tax rates on individual incomes can be a powerful weapon against recession.
- Miracles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
- Physical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Physical pain is temporary.
- Special
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- Nov 07, 2020