#isi

The rubber industry is of much significance to our countries. For millions of our smallholders, the rubber tree is a tree of life, serving as a crucial source of income for earning a living and raising families. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#crucial #earning #families #income #industry

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#action #children #commitments #decisively #deferring

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#defence #last #new #relation #significant

The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#decision #destroyed #france #home #hope

The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#final #frigates #got #government #life

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#attempt #been #change #decision-making #desire

In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#health #in other words #into #marketed #other

You can spend the rest of your life trying to figure out what other people expect from you, or you can make a decision to let that all go. ↗

— Maria Shriver

#expect #figure #go #life #make

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#choices #enjoying #freedom #i #just

When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#clear vision #how #life #neatly #packaged