"I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right."

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Source : "Liberal Democrat Conference: Vince Cable Speech in Full". www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2010.

Vince Cable

#People Quotes #Boss Quotes #Upset Quotes

“Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.”
“If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. Its your restlessness that causes chaos.”
“As a child growing up in pre-gentrification Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, I went everywhere by bicycle. My bike was in many ways the key to my neighborhood, which, at the time, was Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. This was in the 60s and 70s, before all the white people and restaurants. I really can't underscore boldly enough the fact that I grew up in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, before it was gentrified. You could get mugged!”
“There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see adults take morality seriously.”

Source : William J. Bennett (1993). “Book of Virtues”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“The difference between the successful and the troubled is not error-free living; it is that by discovering and implementing a life calling, the successful stand on their pile of trash while the troubled sit under theirs.”
“Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.”
“Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim.”
“My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.”

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