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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
{{quote| from ''[[The Simpsons]]'':<br />
{{quote|from ''[[The Simpsons]]'':
Lisa: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they do for "opportunity"?<br />
Lisa: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they do for "opportunity"?
Homer: Yes! Cris-atunity. }}
Homer: Yes! Cris-atunity. }}


== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
{{quote|''When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.''<br />
{{quote|''When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.''
-- '''[[John F Kennedy]]'''<br />
-- '''[[John F Kennedy]]'''
''It's now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.'' <br />
''It's now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.''
-- '''Jo Moore''', UK PR agent, Sept. 11, 2001<br />
-- '''Jo Moore''', UK PR agent, Sept. 11, 2001
''Having been attacked by al-Qa'ida, for us now to go bombing Iraq in response would be like our invading Mexico after the Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor.''<br />
''Having been attacked by al-Qa'ida, for us now to go bombing Iraq in response would be like our invading Mexico after the Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor.''
-- '''Richard Clarke''', National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, Sept 12, 2001<br />
-- '''Richard Clarke''', National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, Sept 12, 2001
''Never let a crisis go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things.''|'''Rahm Emanuel''', Chief of Staff to U.S. President Obama
''Never let a crisis go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things.''|'''Rahm Emanuel''', Chief of Staff to U.S. President Obama
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Revision as of 14:14, 8 August 2014


Film
These are unstable times for the republic, Anakin. Some see instability as an opportunity.
—Palpatine, from a deleted scene from Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith

Literature
Hurricane Katrina has just hit New Orleans, what do you do? If you said "privatize public schools", you might just be a conservative.
—from The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Western Animation

from The Simpsons:
Lisa: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they do for "opportunity"?
Homer: Yes! Cris-atunity.

Real Life

When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.
-- John F Kennedy
It's now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.
-- Jo Moore, UK PR agent, Sept. 11, 2001
Having been attacked by al-Qa'ida, for us now to go bombing Iraq in response would be like our invading Mexico after the Japanese attacked us at Pearl Harbor.
-- Richard Clarke, National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, Sept 12, 2001

Never let a crisis go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things.
—Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to U.S. President Obama
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