Peter Blair Henry quote: "Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations."

Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength an...
PETER BLAIR HENRY

I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect.
PETER BLAIR HENRY

I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I...
PETER BLAIR HENRY

It's probably indicative that I was destined for an academic career that I'm 6-5 and I lost ...
PETER BLAIR HENRY

Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies ...
PETER BLAIR HENRY

Fear of foreign domination in India led the Janata Party, in the 1970s, to push for partial Indian o...
PETER BLAIR HENRY

A government decision that slashes spending at the wrong time and sends a weak economy into a tailsp...
PETER BLAIR HENRY

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to ensla...
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to ensla...
HENRY PETER BROUGHAN

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was...
PETER HENRY ABRAHAMS

To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster ...
PETER HENRY ABRAHAMS

La educación hace a la gente fácil de dirigir pero difícil de manipular, fácil de gobernar pero ...
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to ens...
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to ensla...
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM

A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to ensl...
BARON HENRY PETER BROUGHAM

My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

Be a doer and not a critic.
TONY BLAIR

My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong allian...
TONY BLAIR

Indeed, in a world of the BlackBerry, remote access and Wi-Fi hotspots on every street corner, it fe...
CHERIE BLAIR

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faith...
TONY BLAIR

The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings.
JOHN BLAIR

I'm flatchested, I'm short, I'm brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard ...
SELMA BLAIR

It's a music video but she was real specific on the character that Mary J. Blige was playing, an...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles. I don't ...
SELMA BLAIR

I don't have the pressure of being a world-famous bombshell that has detonated.
SELMA BLAIR

We can't afford to go down the dead end roads of Parliamentary Socialism or Fascistic Bolshevism...
JOHN BLAIR

Lesson number one, she muttered, love is beyond your grasp. Lesson two: nowhere is it written that y...
SANDY BLAIR

The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The f...
ROBERT BLAIR

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.
ROBERT BLAIR

Ask me my three priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education and education.
TONY BLAIR

If you delay till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, you overcharge the morrow with a burden wh...
HUGH BLAIR

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.
TONY BLAIR

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
HUGH BLAIR

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked ...
BONNIE BLAIR

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and ...
HUGH BLAIR

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
HUGH BLAIR

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.
HUGH BLAIR

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
HUGH BLAIR

Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
ROBERT BLAIR

Careless, unsocial plant! that loves to dwell 'Midst skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms: ...
ROBERT BLAIR

Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at...
ROBERT BLAIR

When it draws near to witching time of night.
ROBERT BLAIR

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and...
HUGH BLAIR

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties
HUGH BLAIR

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is ...
TOM BLAIR

Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with be...
ROBERT BLAIR

I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sittin...
LINDA BLAIR

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situat...
JAYSON BLAIR

It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind.
LINDA BLAIR

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
BONNIE BLAIR

I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3,...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. Bu...
TONY BLAIR

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
TONY BLAIR

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
HUGH BLAIR

The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets...
TONY BLAIR

My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.
BONNIE BLAIR

Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
BONNIE BLAIR

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.
BONNIE BLAIR

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.
BONNIE BLAIR

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.
BONNIE BLAIR

You have to have the right mind-set.
BONNIE BLAIR

I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.
BONNIE BLAIR

I don't fear anything.
BONNIE BLAIR

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.
BONNIE BLAIR

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
BONNIE BLAIR

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and f...
BONNIE BLAIR

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long trac...
BONNIE BLAIR

I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in t...
BONNIE BLAIR

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've alway...
BONNIE BLAIR

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.
BONNIE BLAIR

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how i...
BONNIE BLAIR

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goa...
BONNIE BLAIR

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've e...
BONNIE BLAIR

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that ...
TONY BLAIR

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Mini...
TONY BLAIR

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm mor...
TONY BLAIR

We know that these gangs are not limited to the city of Toronto; they move about freely, and they ar...
BILL BLAIR

It is absolutely critical to take immediate and significant action to apprehend the people responsib...
BILL BLAIR

By working more co-operatively together, we believe we can mount a more effective response and do an...
BILL BLAIR

No one should doubt my resolve to maintain discipline in this service.
BILL BLAIR

I will not allow such action to take place and have today instructed my unit commanders and supervis...
BILL BLAIR

Stopping motorists or pedestrians in order to provide verbal or written information concerning the c...
BILL BLAIR

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.
ROBERT BLAIR

There already has been a drift away from U.S. assets by Arab investors. You may well have a further ...
ANGUS BLAIR

The onus is now on the management of companies to produce good earnings growth to see if they will j...
ANGUS BLAIR

The major determinant is how much does it take from Jordan as opposed to other markets which histori...
ANGUS BLAIR

Well the key basically is the fact that the stock market is in itself cheap. Usually high, by intern...
ANGUS BLAIR

If this deal isn't approved by the U.S., it wouldn't proceed.
ANGUS BLAIR

I don't want to give this impression that I grew up in Liverpool in a cardboard box in abject po...
CHERIE BLAIR

Like everyone, I am formed by my background, and mine was - well, we didn't have a lot of money....
CHERIE BLAIR

You're chaffing me, aren't you?
ANTHONY BLAIR

Never let them see you're nervous, ... It's not what you're saying that counts, but how you say it.
ANTHONY BLAIR

Nothing much. I can't sing, I can't act, I'm no good with conjuring tricks. You don't need me for yo...
ANTHONY BLAIR

Maxwell, what are you doing for the concert party?
ANTHONY BLAIR

She jolly well does exist. And I'll get you her picture by next Friday!
ANTHONY BLAIR

It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 au...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that m...
TONY BLAIR

Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.
BONNIE BLAIR

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, n...
TONY BLAIR

How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.
ROBERT BLAIR

Britain is still seen as a beacon for decency, for democracy, for vigorous judges upholding the rule...
CHERIE BLAIR

I am not Superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air...
CHERIE BLAIR

I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've ma...
SELMA BLAIR

I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short...
CHERIE BLAIR

It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise s...
HUGH BLAIR

The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost, Not to return; or if it did...
ROBERT BLAIR

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the...
CHERIE BLAIR

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
TONY BLAIR

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficu...
TONY BLAIR

The Russian early warning network has suffered false alarms in the recent past. It's deteriorating, ...
BRUCE BLAIR

The female audience may have a greater interest in the Olympics because of the competitors and the t...
BRUCE BLAIR

[He wanted Americans to break free of their isolation and foreigners to have a more realistic view o...
BRUCE BLAIR

to bring the world to America and America to the world in a serious and broad way.
BRUCE BLAIR

I personally think this is just going to be another tax.
BRYAN BLAIR

This convinces me that downtown Macon is on the move.
BRYAN BLAIR

We're off to our second best start in history at 10-1. Our best start ever was 19-0 in 1998-1999. We...
BRYAN BLAIR

Zach is a lot of fun to watch. He genuinely has a good time on the court. He's hit some big shots fo...
BRYAN BLAIR

I think the art ordinance definitely needs to be amended. We don't need to put art in utilitarian fa...
BRIAN BLAIR

If the business district feels [the streetcar is] that important, let the business district step up....
BRIAN BLAIR

If you went to weekends, you wouldn't have to worry about repaying grants, and you could save some o...
BRIAN BLAIR

It needs a tourniquet, and there's no plan to stop the bleeding. If it goes broke, it's going to fal...
BRIAN BLAIR

This is set up perfectly for retail - some day. With that said, we would be doing a service, not a d...
BRIAN BLAIR

With that said, we have some serious infrastructure needs.
BRIAN BLAIR

By no means is this going to be a witch hunt against HARTline, ... I want that known from the beginn...
BRIAN BLAIR

Enough's enough. It's time to let the bad guys know that we mean business,
BRIAN BLAIR

That would appear to be a conflict of interest to me, ... The majority of time you hire outside cons...
BRIAN BLAIR

I've been outright lied to by public works. If they lied to me once, they'll lie to me again.
BRIAN BLAIR

I won't go into detail but this animated one, the story line is very cool and the kids seem to love ...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I thought my sons would love this especially, and that's how it came to be; something fun to do and ...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to c...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world ri...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I heard we'll get you a pass because we know you're married to a black woman. You're married to a si...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I haven't done a great deal of it but this was a chance to do more and bring it to that part of the ...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

Tonight, Daddy won't read you a story -- you can watch him in a story.
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

It's not a safe bet and it's not the cookie-cutter formula,
BLAIR UNDERWOOD

I thought it would be fun to do something fun at the restaurant to honor the Olympic Games.
BLAIR TAYLOR

When we get back, we'll have some amazing new recipes and wines to talk about.
BLAIR TAYLOR

We have to remember that this panel is empowered to make a decision, but we the people have the powe...
BLAIR TAYLOR

There are thousands of Devin Browns on the streets of Los Angeles ... losing their lives every day.
BLAIR TAYLOR

The light has gone on. They finally realize what we need to do to be a successful team. The win agai...
BLAIR PRUETTE

He can be dominant. Everyone looks at his scoring, but he rebounds and finds the open guy. He's a ma...
BLAIR PRUETTE

It wasn't a shot - no disrespect to [Roberson]. A toss, a throw, a Hail Mary maybe, but you have to ...
BLAIR PRUETTE

He aspires to sign by the end of the summer, but it depends on the situation. We want the best fit f...
BLAIR PRUETTE

Both sides are using lots of rhetoric, and there's a little bit of truth to what each has to say. Bu...
BLAIR LEVIN

Right now, I would never invest in a business model that depended on protection from Net neutrality.
BLAIR LEVIN

It's hard to find someone with a more extensive resume than Dave Dorman in telecom,
BLAIR LEVIN

Lawyers represent their clients but when they become judges ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ or in...
BLAIR LEVIN

We do not think, however, that this means that he would oppose the (AT&T-BellSouth) deal or even nec...
BLAIR LEVIN

It's a game of statistics, but the truth is they are both deeply flawed statistics. It is a dynamic ...
BLAIR LEVIN

It's a game of statistics, but the truth is they are both deeply flawed statistics.
BLAIR LEVIN

The president recognizes the importance of celebrating Jewish-American contributions to the nation.
BLAIR JONES

The president realizes the importance of recognizing American Jewish contributions to this nation.
BLAIR JONES

The American people have the right to protest, and the president welcomes the opinions of all Americ...
BLAIR JONES

The president travels around the country and the globe to visit with our men and women in uniform, a...
BLAIR JONES

The governor was basically arguing that anything could be denied that could be considered part of an...
BLAIR HORNER

This year was definitely more open than the bad old days, but the door was only open a crack. In the...
BLAIR HORNER

In New York's 'anything goes' system of campaign finance, it fits right in. It shouldn't be allowed....
BLAIR HORNER

It's not illegal, but it's unfair.
BLAIR HORNER

(Pataki does) not view it as a way of discussing the issues of the state. It's about his image. He p...
BLAIR HORNER

I certainly think the timing is more than coincidence, but it really does show how badly the state m...
BLAIR HORNER

Assuming these two members agree with the governor, they should lock in the far more restrictive int...
BLAIR HORNER

This is the theatrical side of the budget process. The substance is still done behind closed doors.
BLAIR HORNER

The door is cracked open, but it's only a crack.
BLAIR HORNER

I think it gives him huge leverage because lawmakers want to have the programs they want funded actu...
BLAIR HORNER

There are men in town who could play this role. The problem is, they didn't audition!
BLAIR BYBEE

What was fun about it was that I realized I did know what I was doing. I never looked back.
BLAIR BYBEE

As an actor, I loved watching the show come together. And I always had an opinion on how it should c...
BLAIR BYBEE

Actually, actually ? I do. I teach the dances to the cast. Sam Hay is our dance captain. He 'cleans'...
BLAIR BYBEE

After trying the pelvic floor exercises and other interventions, I simply wasn't gaining ground. My ...
BONNIE BLAIR

I was too embarrassed to say anything to my doctor or even to my husband. I got the courage to talk ...
BONNIE BLAIR

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with...
BONNIE BLAIR

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done bef...
BONNIE BLAIR

I'm not allowed to talk about him. His mother sent me an e-mail and told me not to talk about him. S...
BONNIE BLAIR

Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin. All the skaters who won medals are ba...
BONNIE BLAIR

Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin, ... All the skaters who won medals ar...
BONNIE BLAIR

When I went on my first run about two months after having my first child in 1998, I didn't get more ...
BONNIE BLAIR

I think she's got a great shot to probably not only medal in the 1,000 and the 1,500, but I think ev...
BONNIE BLAIR

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by...
TONY BLAIR

I don't like slugs and tentacles and calamari or anything. Actually, tentacles made me turn into...
SELMA BLAIR

As a Catholic, I am proud of the social mission of the church and its concerns for the poor and disp...
CHERIE BLAIR

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next ...
TONY BLAIR

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a p...
TONY BLAIR

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
TONY BLAIR

Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become d...
TONY BLAIR

The council knew there are things missing in the community for teens to do. So money is being put as...
CATHLEEN BLAIR

This is because the property (tax) roll went up and will show an increase in money.
CATHLEEN BLAIR

For every $2 of our money, we received $1 of federal money. We got $96,000 and earmarked it three ye...
CATHLEEN BLAIR

We [Children's Services Council] have $110,000 in an interest-bearing CD toward it.
CATHLEEN BLAIR

We send out a request for proposal and the agency comes up with a program and applies for a grant to...
CATHLEEN BLAIR

We are putting money aside for scholarships. We are working on the application process.
CATHLEEN BLAIR

We do help by putting money aside as a medically needy fund for children who are not insured.
CATHLEEN BLAIR

We provided special assistance for kids when their parents' homes were destroyed. We also provided c...
CATHLEEN BLAIR

Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance.
ROBERT BLAIR

I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but ...
SELMA BLAIR

The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top Has wound...
ROBERT BLAIR

A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our should...
TONY BLAIR

See yonder maker of the dead man's bed, The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle, Of hard, unmeaning...
ROBERT BLAIR

Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.

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Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.

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