James Buchan Quotes
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting.James Buchan
Quotes to Explore
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Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo -
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
F. Sionil Jose -
Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
T. Boone Pickens -
Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
Karen Salmansohn -
What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?
Hans Rosling
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I'm very close with my higher power. I have a very strong connection with it.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund Burke -
Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
Jackie Kennedy -
Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.
Nancy Gibbs -
My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work.
Olga Kurylenko -
Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking.
Nancy Gibbs
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My message with 'LazyTown' has always been really simple; I just want to get kids and families moving together.
Magnus Scheving -
That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.
Carl Perkins -
Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
Lana Del Rey -
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
Samuel Pepys -
I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.
D'Angelo -
Illinois' economy will benefit from the modernization of the power sector.
Tammy Duckworth
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I don't like the term 'coming out' because it gives the power to the other person.
Karamo Brown -
A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.
Oswald Mosley -
I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?
Brittany Murphy -
Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting.
James Buchan