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political scientific
Here's the data. This is not a political position, it's just scientific data. Robert Sullivan
political revolution consciousness
Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot. Russell Brand
political synthesis moral
The poet has to make a synthesis out of the moral life of our time, and this life is lived at this moment on a political plane. Rose Macaulay
political trying various
Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies Samuel P. Huntington
political communism
What was wrong with communism wasn't aberrant leadership, it was communism. William F. Buckley, Jr.
political hell chad
Where the hell is Chad? Richard M. Nixon
political resigning
I have impeached myself by resigning.
political politician criteria
Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion. Robert Caro
political journalism foolish
Among the reasons that you go into journalism, I suppose, are some rather idealistic, even foolish reasons. In my case one of the reasons was I wanted to explain how things really work, how political power really works.
buying good high protects selling willing
Having a good allocation only protects you if you're willing to rebalance periodically so you're selling high and buying low.
buying familiar online
If you are already familiar with a brand, buying online is fast, convenient, and probably the way forward. Simon Spurr
buying gold gone people price
Gold is fashionable today. Most people are buying because the price has gone up, not because they think the price will go up.
buying consumers giving good helping holiday remembered retailers year
Holiday 2005 will be remembered as the year of giving to those in need. Retailers want consumers to feel good about buying and helping others.
buying drop escape explorer itself sales small until waiting
I think that the sales drop is temporary, ... Explorer buyers, or some of the buyers, may be buying Ford's new small Escape SUVs or waiting until the new Explorer itself comes out after the first of the year. David Healy
buying information neither nor specific talking work
He was not talking about a specific object. Neither he nor any of us had information that any work we were considering buying was stolen. John Walsh
buying hopefully individual players rid
I don't feel like everybody's buying into Parcells' system. I think we have some individual players and hopefully we'll get rid of those guys. Roy H. Williams
buying east horses maybe middle olympic somewhere teams work
I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhere in the Middle East because they keep buying really nice horses for their Olympic teams - like, the Qataris. Edie Campbell
buying capital five funding further gains holding ideally investor longer lower markets maybe might paper phase public rate return step throwing
Ideally ... we think that a further step here would be to phase out capital gains if investor are holding for a longer period. For instance, if you were to hold stocks, let's say, for five years, I would like to see the rate lower than 20 percent, and maybe if you hold 10 years, there might be no capital gains rate at all. That will return the public markets to being about buying and holding and funding businesses, which was their purpose, not throwing paper around in a speculative manner.
politician
Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are. William Hague
politician conviction consensus
I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician. Margaret Thatcher
politician grew grew-up
I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians. Jasmine Guinness
politician
I don't like politicians who vacillate. Eliot Spitzer
politician accomplished accomplish
These 10 steps, if rigorously followed and enforced, will accomplish more in a matter of months than our politicians have accomplished on this issue in the last 50 years. It's going to happen. Donald Trump
politician intention
I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one. Sean Connery