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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests. Lalu Prasad Yadav

Service, Language, Public Service, Tests

The business of biomedical research is mostly about failure. Few projects we commission will ultimately result in success. But every study we do contributes to the body of knowledge that brings science and society closer to a solution. Kenneth Frazier

Success, Failure, Business, Knowledge

Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city could be fitted with enough solar panels to generate at least 40 megawatts per year - a proposal the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has never seriously considered because they currently aren't required to do so. Matt Gonzalez

City, Energy, Seriously, Enough, Solar

In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist. J. R. R. Tolkien

School, October, Language, Free, Growing

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. Fred Allen

Business, Advertising, Confusion, Agency

If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy. Justin Peck

Creative, Energy, Thought, Flood, Like

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. Plutarch

Good, Evil, Less, Than, Reprehensible

The priesthood is not really so much a gift as it is a commission to serve, a privilege to lift, and an opportunity to bless the lives of others. Thomas S. Monson

Opportunity, Gift, Lift, Privilege, Much

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted. Elizabeth Warren

Safety, Financial, Place, Crisis, Years

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And when those plants were put into operation, they were required to have double and triple redundant safety systems. Joe Barton

Safety, Plants, Plan, Double, United

I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia. Megan Smith

Technology, Truth, Think, World, Open

Does the prospect of seeing the Great Commission of Christ fulfilled drive you day and night? If not, then I pray that the story of my life will light a fire in you. A fire that will change everything. A holy fire that will convince you that nothing is impossible with God. Reinhard Bonnke

Life, Change, Great, Light, God, Day

We commissioned an independent statutory economic body - the Productivity Commission - to review the possibility of funding a disability scheme. The commission returned with a view that it could. Then it becomes an issue of national will. Bill Shorten

View, Disability, Body, Independent

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. John Linder

Why, Human, Human Rights, Rights, Years

The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries. Jose Ramos-Horta

Integrity, Together, People, Three, Two

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. Benjamin Harrison

God, Police, World

The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag symbolizing something-or-other, and Robin Hood getting in the way. An actual stag hunt is more like a horseback meeting of a county planning commission. P. J. O'Rourke

Planning, Meeting, White, Hood, Way

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want. William Tecumseh Sherman

Accept, Create, Rivalry, Want, Will, Him

I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid. F. W. de Klerk

Truth, Apology, Profound, Front, Most

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. Hannah Arendt

Time, Power, Enough, Crime, Punishment

One of the most interesting reactions to come out of 1968 was in the first publication of the Trilateral Commission, which believed there was a 'crisis of democracy' from too much participation of the masses. Noam Chomsky

Democracy, Interesting, Too Much, Crisis

To make the most of your money, I recommend sticking with mutual funds that don't charge a commission when you buy or sell. Suze Orman

Money, You, Your, Sell, Mutual Funds

My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They've been on a commission - not an allowance - since they were little. They learned that if they worked around the house, they got paid. If they didn't work, they didn't get paid. Dave Ramsey

Work, Hard Work, Children, Age, Money

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services. Imran Khan

Government, Accountability, Feel, Audit

I remember, my first job when I got my working papers at 13 was as a vendor at Yankee Stadium - the old Yankee Stadium, with very steep stairs in the upper decks. It was all commission-based. And I think a soft drink was 25 cents, and I think you got a 10 percent or 11 percent commission. Lloyd Blankfein

Job, Think, Remember, You, Stairs, Drink

For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera. Philippe Petit

Money, Me, Plan, Grand Canyon, Nobody

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