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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.


Jawaharlal Nehru

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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them
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LETITIA BALDRIGE We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
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HUGO BLACK It is an inevitable defect, that bureaucrats will care more for routine than for results.
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PARKER J. PALMER We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with...
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ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
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ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
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ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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ALAN CUMMING None of these things are slam-dunk. That's why we've talked about them more than implementing them.
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CHRIS MILK Systems integration is our chief concern. After that we care about how its business is going.
HIROYOSHI NAKAGAWA A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.
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