- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
First Phase Quotes
First phase quotes reflect on the earliest stage of a career, project, or major undertaking, when the outcome is still uncertain. This collection includes personal career reflections alongside sober commentary on early economic and political phases, including the opening period of the Iraq war. It offers a grounded, thoughtful look at how beginnings shape what follows.
First phase quotes capture the uncertainty and effort that define the earliest stage of any major undertaking. For more on adapting to change over time, browse our Change quotes collection.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character I never anticipated doing.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All the East Asians did this - import substitution. I think all countries followed import substitution in the '50s and in the '60s, but I think by the '70s, countries were getting out of that first phase of the strategy.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaving the E.U. is only the first phase of the Brexiter agenda to shake us free of the laws, rules and rights that many see as a constraint on the implementation of their frighteningly rightwing vision of Darwinian capitalism.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020