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This weakness in an environment of price shocks, fuel volatility and regulatory uncertainty is the recipe for continued boom and bust cycles in the power industry.


Lawrence Makovich

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JEROME LAWRENCE Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?
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MARK LAWRENCE I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come ...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I w...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching t...
LAWRENCE TAYLOR Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
D.H. LAWRENCE A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychi...
JEROME LAWRENCE I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
LAWRENCE WELK The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act.
LAWRENCE HALPRIN When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.
LAWRENCE HILL For it goes without saying that this great recognition at this time will aid tremendously our effort...
ERNEST LAWRENCE Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good ...
LAWRENCE SCHILLER Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic ...
ERNEST LAWRENCE The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.
LAWRENCE SUMMERS I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a pa...
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.
LAWRENCE WELK A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. ...
LAWRENCE LESSIG I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running an...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries...
LAWRENCE WRIGHT The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and app...
LAWRENCE KOHLBERG A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.
LAWRENCE DURRELL I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the...
MARTIN LAWRENCE