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Commissioned Quotes (page 6)

That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes. Michael Ondaatje
Benjamin Harrison quote: "We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."
We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. Benjamin Harrison
James Tobin quote: "From 1966 to 1970 I served as Chairman of the New Haven City..."
From 1966 to 1970 I served as Chairman of the New Haven City Plan Commission. James Tobin
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff. Stephen Harper
When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War. Trevor Nunn
The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables. Daniel Hannan
If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted. Elizabeth Warren
I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead? Valentina Tereshkova
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores. Ornette Coleman
President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission. William J. Clinton
In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should. Hillary Clinton
Camille Claudel quote: "My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It..."
My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town. Camille Claudel
We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service. John Bates Clark
Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the kind suggested would be worth more than volumes of mere assertions and contradictions. John Bates Clark
At a car dealership, the person who sells the car is the hero, and also gets the commission. But if the mechanics don't service that car well, the customer won't return. Roger Staubach

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