Peer Steinbruck

If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union, that the eurozone, no longer necessarily consists of 17 member states. And that means to make provisions so that other countries are not pulled into the maelstrom through contagion.

German Politician

Steven Pinker

Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom of events distributed across the brain. These events compete for attention, and as one process outshouts the others, the brain rationalizes the outcome after the fact and concocts the impression that a single self was in charge all along.

Canadian Scientist

Shelby Steele

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton cannot write a timeless letter to us from a Birmingham jail or walk, as John Lewis did in 1965, across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., into a maelstrom of police dogs and billy clubs.

American Author

John Keegan

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it.

English Historian

Samantha Power

I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up in the political maelstrom.

Irish Public Servant

Zachary Quinto

I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, 'Let's talk about something that matters'.

American Actor

Ellen McLaughlin

The more you head into the maelstrom, the more vulnerable you are, of course. But it's what you owe to whatever gift you have.

American Playwright

Michelle Dean

There's no good way to be the center of a media maelstrom you did not choose for yourself.

American Journalist

Harold Pinter

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

English Dramatist

Used to describe a chaotic situation, often uncontrollable and overwhelming.

Metaphorical Chaos

Can express powerful emotions, like anxiety or excitement, involved in a turbulent situation.

Emotional Intensity

Often used figuratively, not just literally for violent movements.

Figurative Usage

It’s an actual natural occurrence in water, not only a metaphor.

Natural Phenomenon

When referring to geography, it’s associated with specific places known for dangerous currents.

Geographical Specificity

Implies a threat to safety, used to describe perilous water conditions.

Associated Peril

 lives in their society brick by brick stitch by stitch I've seen it I've met the people and it's moved me and it's changed my views on what's possible on what's doable not only by the people who are in the midst of this terrible maelstrom of suffering and pain but also

Hope for the Congo PIPE ...

 Not a day goes by that I'm not reminded of my mistake, and I regret that mistake deeply. In 1998, after having been swept up into an improbable romance, I was then swept up into the eye of a political, legal and media maelstrom

Maelstrom