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We were by no means naive as to think that these fundamental changes in the historical direction of the post-colonial Nigerian state was going to be painless or yield instant results.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about state

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about war, secret

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

Quote by Joseph Addison about honour

Then I was at Darmstadt from 1954 onwards, and it was great. My first pieces were played straightaway. It was there that I met everybody who made up that generation that redefined post-War music.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about war, music

The number of open service windows at banks, post offices, airline counters, etc... always equals [n/2 - m], n being the total number of windows and m being a random number between 1 and the total number of windows minus 1.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, numbers, bankers, being

The short cuts are always under construction by the post...

The short cuts are always under construction by the post engineers.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about truth

The perfect nurse for the job will apply the day after...

The perfect nurse for the job will apply the day after that post is filled by some semi qualified idiot.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, perfection, day

I've been a fan of Stephen Hunter, film critic at the...

I've been a fan of Stephen Hunter, film critic at the Washington Post, for some time. I've always found his reviews to be helpful guides to films.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about opinion, hunters, literary critic, film, time

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post...

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about press, being

I was a very young journalist with the Yorkshire Evening...

I was a very young journalist with the Yorkshire Evening Post, in Doncaster.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about journalism

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when...

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.

Quote by Pierre Cardin about good luck, war

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their...

Quote by Laurence J. Peter about work, hierarchy, time

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