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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Quotes

Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try to do? We introduced a fiscal rule that de-linked our budget from the oil price.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: June 13, 1954

Topics

Reputation Budget Price Try Oil Own

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

Andrew Jackson

I Am Regret President Never Office

I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When I came to California, I was overwhelmed that you could do this and get paid for it, make a living on it, and be creative within this art form.

Matt Schulze

Time Art Creative Think You Play

They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.

Steve Buscemi

Prison Show Escaping About Supposed

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

Stephen Sondheim

Father Myself Yourself Fun Someone

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

Ruben Blades

Dance People Say Something Played

Fair and softly goes far.

Miguel de Cervantes

Fair Far Goes Softly

Nothing I force myself to write about ever turns out well, and so I've learned to wait for the voice, the incident, the image that reverberates.

Louise Erdrich

Myself Wait Voice Nothing Image Out

I've always wanted to be a recognized singer and just - just so people can hear my music - and thought, you know, look how many people watch 'American Idol.' Why not audition, you know?

Diana DeGarmo

Music People Thought American Look

Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors.

David Wilkerson

Cancer Daughters Our Both Also

First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights.

Cliff Stearns

Service Product First Amendment Been

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Plato

Philosophy Feeling Wonder Begins

I'm like most people. We just concentrate on the present. I live right where the film is going through the film projector and it hits the light.

Pharrell Williams

Live Light People Present Right