#prime

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#any #development #few #i #india

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#cannot #crowd #job #lead #lonely

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#chancellor #foreign #give #i #jobs

After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week. ↗

— David Thewlis

#agent #cannes #end #flight #get

People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#better job #everyone #innately #job #like

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. ↗

— Henry Beston

#elemental #great #nature #ocean #outer

Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India's baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India. ↗

— Elizabeth Vargas

#baby #calls #country #elimination #every

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#boxes #every #get #knighthood #letter

The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#blood #freedom #nations #period #post-war

The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped. ↗

— Christiaan Barnard

#does #goal #life #long life #only