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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
Damage

"The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill afford to allow such a result. The risks, the cost, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns."

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Kim Harrison Author
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"Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her."

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Elbert Hubbard Writer, Publisher
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"Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both."

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Adam Cole Professional Wrestler
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"What is doing the damage is the fact that the U.K. is pulling in more imports, which shows the continued strength of the economy and the strength of sterling."

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James D. Watson Molecular Biologist, Geneticist
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"Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage."

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Barack Obama Politician
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"I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious."

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Paul Ryan Politician
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"We see President [Donald] Trump actually reclaiming the proper role of the executive, and undoing a lot of damage that was done to the economy through excessive executive action by President [Barack] Obama."

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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
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"I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point."

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