“Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“As Prime Minister, I want to speak to you, simply and plainly, about the grave emergency now facing our country. In the House of Commons this afternoon I announced more severe restriction on the use of electricity. You may already have heard the details of these. We are asking you to to cut down to the absolute minimum the use of electricity for heating, and for other purposes in your homes. We are limiting the use of electricity by almost all factories, shops, and offices, to three days a week.”
Broadcast to the nation (13 December 1973).[citation needed]
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