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Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament.

~Benjamin Netanyahu

Topics: Absurd Cast Casts Commission Committee Disarmament Headed Human Human Rights Institution Iraq Israel Leading Libya Often Only Part Real Rights Roles Saddam Theater Un Unfortunate Villain Villains Well

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We commissioned an independent statutory economic body - the Productivity Commission - to review the possibility of funding a disability scheme. The commission returned with a view that it could. Then it becomes an issue of national will.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Becomes Body Commission Commissioned Could Disability Economic Funding Independent Issue National Possibility Productivity Returned Review Scheme Then View Will

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It's time to review what damage the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has done to our political system.

~Bob Beckel

Topics: Citizens Commission Court Damage Done Election Federal Our Political Political System Review Ruling Supreme Supreme Court System Time United

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The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.

~Bob Schaffer

Topics: Central Commission Control Court Destiny Election Emphasis Institutions Lot Media Now Official Parliament People Place Reality Supreme Supreme Court Tends Ukraine Western

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I was in Italy in 1992 working on magazine articles when I got a call from the Italian travel commission. They asked, would I mind being an escort for an older woman? I told them I don't do that kind of work, but then they said it was Julia Child, and I said I'd be right there.

~Bob Spitz

Topics: Articles Asked Being Call Child Commission Escort Got Italian Italy Julia Kind Magazine Mind Older Right Said Them Then Travel Woman Work Working Would

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In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Aristocratic Commission Exquisite Paintings People Rich Rich People Societies Used Walls

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It's important and good to email the Federal Communications Commission, and it's important and good to educate your friends via social media about what's happening. But in a representative democracy, the way to get policy changes is through elections.

~Brian Schatz

Topics: About Changes Commission Communications Democracy Educate Elections Email Federal Friends Get Good Happening Important Media Policy Representative Social Social Media Through Via Way Your

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These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: Commission Give Great Keep Natural Natural Rights Our Ourselves Respecting Rights Them Whatsoever Will You

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Often in companies, you'll see tensions between sales and marketing. Sales people will want to give discounts to clients because they often get paid a commission based on how much they sell. So they're always pushing to give discounts because that will increase sales. Marketing, however, is judged by overall profitability.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Always Based Because Between Clients Commission Companies Get Give How How Much However Increase Judged Marketing Much Often Overall Paid People Profitability Pushing Sales See Sell Tensions Want Will You

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Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

~Charles Simeon

Topics: Commission Corruption Cross Destroy Does Drive Enough Eternally Every Every Man Feast Feel Greatest Him His Holy Man Soul Within

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