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Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about economy, society

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

Quote by Jane Austen about attack, fasting

Reason obeys itself, and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Quote by Thomas Paine about reason, ignorance

And because it's such a small town, your behavior is to some extent dictated by the fact that everybody in town knows you and you know everybody else.

Quote by Estelle Parsons about city