Initiative Quotes - Page 15

• Our Government is committed to supporting Canadian businesses as they grow, innovate and generate high-value jobs - in the West and across the country. The WINN Initiative assists western Canadian businesses in bringing innovative ideas from the test bench to the marketplace.

  Michelle Rempel

  Country, Jobs, Government

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• Learning first occurs as a part of emotional interactions; it involves the split-second initiatives that children take as they try to engage other people,interact with them communicate and reason with them.

  Stanley Greenspan

  Children, Communication, Learning

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• The qualities that made for success in a fighter-pilot seemed to be just those sturdy qualities that made for success in other professions; observation, initiative, determination, courage, including the courage to run away. In course of time it appeared that men who had a private axe to grind beyond the public axe of the King's enemies were especially successful.

  Jim Bailey

  Running, Determination, Kings

  Jim Bailey (2013). “The Sky Suspended: A Fighter Pilot's Story”, p.37, A&C Black

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• Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.

  Abba Eban

  Men, Waiting, Repentance

  Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

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• There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation and discrimination on a reluctant nation's social agenda. Would black churches have been able to take the lead in the struggle had they been dependent on funds doled out for 'faith-based initiatives' . . . ?

  Susan Jacoby

  Powerful, Struggle, Independent

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• In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.

  Bertrand Russell

  Government, World, Complexes

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Authority and the Individual”, p.47, Lulu Press, Inc

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• As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.

  Evan Bayh

  Cutting, Eight, Indiana

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• While I support initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in Medicare, I do not believe that these efficiencies should come at the cost of patient well being.

  Shelley Berkley

  Believe, Support, Quality

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• My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.

  John Grierson

  Loss, Views, Would Be

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• America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.

  Mohamed El-Erian

  Country, America, Needs

  "U.S. Downgrade Heralds a New Financial Era" by Mohamed A. El-Erian, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2011.

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• The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.

  Daniel Hannan

  Best Practices, Law, Citizens

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• Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

  Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

  Loss, Advantages And Disadvantages, Policy

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• I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.

  Fawn Hall

  Iran, Details, Relevant

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• The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Land, People, Decision

  "Thousands of jubilant Palestinians cheer speech at UN". www.ctvnews.ca. September 23, 2011.

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• The last six months of the Bush administration lost four million jobs and the first six months of the Obama administration lost another four million before any initiatives of the president could take action.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Jobs, President, Six Months

  "Exclusive Interview With Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama". Interview with Earl Ofari Hutchinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2011.

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• Some blogs have become the best check on monopoly mainstream journalism, and they provide a surprisingly frequent source of initiative reporting.

  Harold Evans

  Funny, Thoughtful, Blogging

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• Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.

  Don Tapscott

  Leader, Looks, Way

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• Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.

  Peter Senge

  Years, People, Majority

  "Learning for a Change". Interview with Alan M. Webber, www.fastcompany.com. April 30, 1999.

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• If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

  Jo Durie

  Player, Counter Attack, Dangerous

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• There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy.

  John W. Thompson

  Country, Space, Needs

  "Interview: Symantec's John Thompson talks about big picture security". Interview with Ed Scannell, www.infoworld.com. June 16, 2004.

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• Prevailing prayer is prayer that pushes right through all difficulties and obstacles, drives back all the opposing forces of Satan, and secures the will of God. Its purpose is to accomplish God's will on earth. Prevailing prayer is prayer that not only takes the initiative but continues on the offensive for God until spiritual victory is won.

  Wesley L Duewel

  Spiritual, Prayer, Victory

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• Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.

  Guy Claxton

  Lying, Teaching, Reading

  Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.275, A&C Black

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• This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.

  Elizabeth Moon

  Doe, Rockets, Individual

  Elizabeth Moon (2004). “Marque and Reprisal”, p.37, Del Rey

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• Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity.

  Mitt Romney

  Opportunity, Risk, Dependency

  Mitt Romney's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2008.

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• As one of the nation's top agricultural states, Nebraska has a great opportunity to provide input that will help shape the 2007 Farm Bill, .. This legislation will help determine commodity price supports, priorities with regard to conservation programs, as well as rural development, renewable energy and beginning farmer initiatives for several years to come.

  Dave Heineman

  Opportunity, Years, Agriculture

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