58 Quotes About Competent

  • Author Zalmay Khalilzad
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    It is critical that the newly elected leaders of Iraq do their part by forming a government of national unity with a good program and competent ministers as soon as possible.

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  • Author Albert Murray
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    The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer who is expected to contribute to the orchestration in progress, not simply to execute the score as it is written and rehearsed.

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  • Author Doug Muzzio
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    I think voters are expecting a competent mayor, somebody who can get things done and get them done fairly. We're in sort of a post-party politics period here, where the traditional tribal politics are being replaced by a competency model.

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  • Author Nelson Mandela
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    I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.

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  • Author Felix Rohatyn
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    Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges, to the Interstate Highway System, to the Internet.

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  • Author Arnold Schwarzenegger
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    We are right now going through the process, and it is -- as you know, it's always very important that we appoint the right person and the most competent person, the person that really is skilled and has the experience,

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  • Author Cass Sunstein
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    She is unquestionably an intelligent person and a competent lawyer. But she's had very little experience in constitutional law.

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