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		I know a lot of people have views on oil and gas companies and our role in the energy transition, I would like to use this platform to talk openly about that and explain the role BP can play, as I believe we share the same concerns and hopes.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bernard Looney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death, they become even larger. Now, I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time went on a holiday, and is expected back any day now. Time flies is another one I hate. Apparently, time does quite a bit of traveling, though. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabrielle Zevin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, hello, Peter,” said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. “Long time, no see. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanne Rowling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a real people person and I'm very sensitive, and I've just noticed how other actors that I've worked with, as an actor, take direction from people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Courteney Cox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Robert Frost 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are men from whom nature or some peculiar destiny has removed the cover beneath which we hide our own madness. They are likethin-skinned insects whose visible play of muscles seem to make them deformed, though in fact, everything soon turns to its normal shape again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. T. A. Hoffmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Og Mandino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oliver Goldsmith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Successfully to accomplish any task it is necessary not only that you should give it the best there is in you, but that you should obtain for it the best there is in those under your guidance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				George Washington Goethals 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham