Quotes with secretary

  • And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record and report what he thinks that they think that they ought to have thought.
  • To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.
  • Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
  • Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
  • When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.
  • Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
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  • Arthur Bryant And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record and report what he thinks that they think that they ought to have thought.
    Arthur Bryant
    English historian, columnist for The Illustrated London News and man (1899 - 1985)
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  • Ban Ki-moon As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Carlos Fuentes Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Ban Ki-moon From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Ronald Reagan General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
    Speech Berlin, 12 June 1997
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Lord Mancroft Happy is the man with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary to do it.
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  • Aneurin Bevan I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Bill Kristol I think Rumsfeld was not a good Defense Secretary. I'm glad he's gone.
    Referring to the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld in an interview with The Daily Shows Jon Stewart.
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • Birch Bayh In fact, I really didn't get enthused about his Secretary of State race until I attended a couple of his rallies and found out there were a bunch of young folks that there were a bunch of young folks that he had been able to recruit on his own.
    Birch Bayh
    American politician (1928 - 2019)
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  • Ban Ki-moon One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Campbell Brown Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Barry Humphries Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Bing Gordon The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.
    Bing Gordon
    American video game executive and technology venture capitalist
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  • Carol Loomis There is a certain oddity to Larry Fink having problems in Washington. He is a strong Democrat who has close ties to President Obama and has often been rumored as set to take a big administration job, such as Secretary of the Treasury.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Biz Stone This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis - and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
    Biz Stone
    American entrepreneur (1974 - )
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  • Bill Shorten To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.
    Bill Shorten
    Australian politician (1967 - )
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  • Bill Shorten When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.
    Bill Shorten
    Australian politician (1967 - )
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  • Bella Abzug When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Ben Stein Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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