Brian Cowen quotes
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“I was reared in a pub - as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I think it gave me a great insight into people.”
-- Brian CowenSource : "Hot Press" Interview, hotpress.com, May 23, 2007.
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“There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!.”
-- Brian CowenSource : Interview with Brian Cowen, Hot Press, May 23, 2007.
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“I think it is fair to say that 2007 represents a turning point for the Irish economy.”
-- Brian CowenSource : "Lenihan Has No Choice but to Stick to His Guns". www.irishtimes.com. November 13, 2009.
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“Hopefully that will be seen as a response, a leadership responding to an issue and therefore one's authority, while it's not as high if you didn't have the problem, it does mean that people say 'well he used his authority to come up with a solution in double-quick time that met with broader public acceptance.”
-- Brian CowenSource : "Government Comes Under Further Budget Pressure". www.irishtimes.com. October 23, 2008.
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“We have seen already how resistant public opinion is, firstly to comprehension of the new paradigm in which we have to operate; and secondly, to the rationale behind the decisions we have had to take.”
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“I believe it is the best method to get the buy-in for the road we have to travel. I believe it is a problem-solving process about how we collectively come forward with a strategy to deal with the issue.”
-- Brian CowenSource : "An Irishman's Diary". www.irishtimes.com. January 09, 2009,.
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“As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit...as I believe in, based on my philosophy.”
-- Brian CowenSource : "He's Taken the Blows and Now Brian's Doing It... His Way" by Lise Hand, www.independent.ie. January 28, 2009.
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“I've come up through the ranks of this parliamentary party and let me tell you the principles that have guided me on that journey since my first election 25 years ago: Loyalty to the party, service to our country and a determination to always do my best for the people. They are principles that still guide me.”
-- Brian CowenSource : "Loyalty to a Fault Over Molloy Affair Is Costing Cowen Dearly". www.independent.ie. September 26, 2009.
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“We've seen in terms of the reaction to some proposals in the Budget already how resistant that public opinion is to, first of all, a public comprehension of the new paradigm in which we have to operate; and secondly, to the rationale for the decisions that we're taking and the reason for those decisions to be implemented and followed through.”
-- Brian CowenSource : Speech at the First Business Roundtable with the Government of Ireland, the Conrad Hotel, Dublin, www.taoiseach.gov.ie. October 30, 2008.
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Source : "The Parenting Trap" by A. A. Gill, www.vanityfair.com. November 2, 2012.
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“But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.”
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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