#commission

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

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Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience. ↗

— Felix de Weldon

#because #city #commission #could #devote

How come there's only one Monopolies Commission? ↗

— Nigel Rees

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Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul? ↗

— Charles Simeon

#corruption #cross #destroy #does #drive

I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#come #commission #i #know #new

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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Lost are many great commissions by such neglect. ↗

— James Wyatt

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There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170 pieces: that's still not enough, there are still lots and lots of composers I would like to approach. When I see a composer and I see a performer, I think to combine those forces. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#combine #commissioned #composer #composers #creator

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. ↗

— Benjamin Harrison

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I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.' ↗

— Bobby Hull

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