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As chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, I've logged more than 5,000 miles driving across the country to see first-hand how digital technologies are unleashing opportunity in U.S. communities and to understand the connectivity challenges many Americans face.

~Ajit Pai

Topics: Across American Chairman Challenges Commission Communications Communities Country Digital Driving Face Federal How Many Miles More Opportunity See Technologies Than Understand

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In my first remarks as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to the agency's terrific staff, I stressed that one of my top priorities would be to close the digital divide - the gap between those who use cutting-edge communications services and those who do not.

~Ajit Pai

Topics: Agency Between Chairman Close Commission Communications Digital Divide Federal First Gap Priorities Remarks Services Staff Stressed Terrific Those Top Use Who Would

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I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.

~Alejo Carpentier

Topics: About Accepted Being Century Commission Conquering Cuban End End Result Everywhere Genres Gladly Hand Heard Island Music Musical Our Popular Producing Result Small Uncertain World Would 20Th Century

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Benefits are rarely made public in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, where companies must report the pay and options that their five highest-paid executives receive.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Benefits Commission Companies Exchange Executives Five Made Must Options Pay Public Rarely Receive Report Securities Where

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In the summer of 1866, as Leo Tolstoy prepared for his serialized novel 'War and Peace' to be published as a single volume, he wrote to illustrator Mikhail Bashilov, hoping to commission drawings for the new edition of the novel, which he referred to by its original title,1805.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: Commission Drawings Edition He His Hoping Illustrator Leo New Novel Original Peace Prepared Published Referred Single Summer Tolstoy Volume War Which Wrote

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A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

~Allen West

Topics: Army Atlanta Born City Combat Commission Earn Education Georgia Get Go Had Inner Inner City Lead Like Men Men And Women Myself Opportunity Parents Person Raised Serve States United United States Women Years

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She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.'

~Amy Tan

Topics: Agent Anything Boy Commission Dumb Fine Make Pay Said Sell She Thought Until Want Well You

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I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.

~Andy Stern

Topics: Commission Either Fiscal Heard Hopefully Immigration Intend Issues Like Never Office Run Voice

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All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.

~Ann Macbeth

Topics: Arts Australian Battle Commission Each Each Year Film Funding Gets More More And More National Should Therefore Us Vicious Year

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We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

~Benjamin Harrison

Topics: American Commission God Police World

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