"There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes are often depicted as innocent victims ... The reality is that both parties conspire to defraud the public."

-- Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

#Party Quotes #Reality Quotes #Government Quotes

“Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“Things go wrong for me, all the time, with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.”
“For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest are...businessmen. This may be a ridiculous statement, but -- ominously -- fewer and fewer people laugh at it.”
“Maybe one day a song might make you feel completely different than the next, but I like to have a lot of everything in my songs.”
“I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.”
“How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.”
“I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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