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Hjalmar Branting Quotes

And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian.

Hjalmar Branting

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: swedish
Birth: November 23, 1860 - February 24, 1925

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Peace Meetings Quarter Annual Would

Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities - political, commercial, sociological, scientific - of the times in which I have lived.

John Burroughs

Political Others Activities Lived

In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one.

Matt Mullenweg

Goals Morning Looking Wake Up Nice

The siesta provides a delightful detour from the working day and it also has a practical value as far as productivity is concerned. Winston Churchill had a good long siesta every day during the Second World War, and he said it was the thing that enabled him to cope with the pressure.

Tom Hodgkinson

Good Day War Value World Pressure

I think one of the most exciting things about the whole digital side of publishing is that it eventually allows you to operate at any length. That also means shorter stuff, too.

Robin Sloan

Think You Digital Side Things Stuff

I come from a one-by-three-mile town: Seaford.

Devon Cajuste

Come Town

The best thing you can do as a leader when people are pressed is get the obstacles out of their way.

Denise Morrison

Leader Best People Obstacles You

I can't tell you how many times I heard from younger sisters that their older sisters were bossy and judgmental.

Deborah Tannen

You Tell Judgmental Older Sisters

I went to a private boys' school, and we had girls in the last two years.

Chris Lilley

School Two Years Last Private Had

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

David Sedaris

Write Right Whatever Like About

We got to protect Medicaid.

Cory Gardner

Protect Got Medicaid

People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

Clare Short

Morning Sun People Me Globalization

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

Bobby Scott

Opportunity Struggle Equal