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Development Quotes


"The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states."


"The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause."


"The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along."


"I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture."


"My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development."


"Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own."


"We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans."


"The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism."


"The conclusion you can draw from these characteristics is that you have an uneven development of class activity and an uneven development of class consciousness in the working class."


"In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development."


"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."


"The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress."


"I wanted to feel that precision and control and then try to apply it to tele. That's what I've looked for in my gear development through the years, and today, tele is very precise, very high-performance."


"You need a vanguard organization in order to overcome the dangerous potential brought about by the uneven development of class militancy and class consciousness."


"Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development."


"We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance."


"In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development."


"We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development."


"I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation."


"We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs."


"My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died."


"To develop the person inside you is to pay attention and develop life within yourself."


"There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development."


"One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development."


"By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being."


"It's vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being."



"The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement, explain American development."



"As the new endogenous growth theory suggests, TFP growth is closely related to accumulation of the intangible capitals, such as human capital and research and development."


"Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit."


"In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development."


"A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies."


"We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal."


"Regional exchange can be a source of growth and development, and of enhancing good governance."


"Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves."


"The sexy moments for me, I wasn't thinking of them as sexy. I was thinking of them as more specific to my character. So it was necessary for my character's development in the movie, so that's how I played it."


"To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction."


"I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal."


"I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development."


"A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention."


"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."


"We're under the Arts Council under the Minister for the Arts. The Minister for the Arts and the Minister for Industrial Development have great difficulty in agreeing over who should fund what in terms of film."


"Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale."


"Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses."


"It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain."


"White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues."


"Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing."


"Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend."


"I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal."


"The U.S. Supreme Court has established that the tribes own their water. What I'd like to focus on is doing something with the water that results in economic development."


"With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout the nation, we must focus on the development of alternate energy sources, especially those that are clean, efficient and renewable."
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