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An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.

~Chad Le Clos

Topics: Better Championship Commonwealth Games Medal Much Olympic Record Than World World Championship World Record

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It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.

~Charles Edison

Topics: Active Before Commonwealth Even How Issues Necessary Observe Often Organization Part Party Politics Put Take Welfare

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The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time, that can change sometimes by the minute, if circumstances intervene.

~Charlie Pierce

Topics: Change Changes Circumstances Commonwealth Creative Frustrating Hard Intervene Minute Necessary Over Political Produce Project Self-Government Sometimes Time

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It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort.

~Charlie Pierce

Topics: Common Commonwealth Doctrine Effort Even Feeds Hold Individuals Myth Nothing Oligarchy Our Own Power Sense Sign Struggling Weakness

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There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.

~Charlie Pierce

Topics: About Among Basic Because Commonwealth Concede Conservatives Else Everything Everything Else Government Latter Most Order Our Ourselves Political Produce Product Production Really Reason Refer Self-Government Talk Together Why

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My dad got a job as a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches biology and genetics. My dad has been obsessed with science his whole life. Both my paternal grandparents were illiterate bamboo farmers, so he really worked his way up and then got a Ph.D., full ride and everything, from universities in America.

~Constance Wu

Topics: America Bamboo Been Biology Both Commonwealth Dad Everything Farmers Full Genetics Got Grandparents He His His Way Illiterate Job Life Obsessed Professor Really Ride Science Teaches Then Universities University Up Virginia Way Were Whole Worked

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I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.

~Danielle De Niese

Topics: Come Commonwealth Cricket First Queen Sandwiches Spent Years

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One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients.

~David Miliband

Topics: Additional Commonwealth Crown Economics Essential Foundation Fund Health Improved Investment Jewels Labour London National Office Outcomes Patients Poorer Reforms Rescue School Service Shown Time Well Were

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The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Affairs Capacity Commonwealth Constitution Created Exercise Government Level Like Local Local Government Powers Regard States Union

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The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Between Commonwealth Countries Democracy Develop Human Human Rights Partnership Positive Promote Relations Rights Shared Striving Trade United Values Vital

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