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"The transponder requirements have three major sections, namely the chip; the antenna; and the assembly of the chip and the antenna onto the goods being labelled."

"The transponder requirements have three major sections, namely the chip; the antenna; and the assembly of the chip and the antenna onto the goods being labelled."

Mike Marsh, American Athlete

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"That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false."

"That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false."

Paul Valery, French Poet

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"When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings."

"When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings."

Rita Dove, American Poet

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"Of course, I started really being a comics fan with the underground stuff in the '70s."

"Of course, I started really being a comics fan with the underground stuff in the '70s."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

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"Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!"

"Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!"

Fay Wray, American Actress

Being, Direction, Past

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"In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform."

"In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform."

Cicely Tyson, American Actress

Being, Career, Luxury, Years

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"Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock."

"Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock."

Mike Huckabee, American Politician

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"Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy."

"Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy."

Rod Blagojevich, American Politician

Being, Countries, Energy

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"When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to."

"When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Being, Editors, First, Poems

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"I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

"I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Being, Gay, Majority, Minority

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"I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton."

"I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton."

Ian Anderson, British Musician

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"I don't like cruises. Period. My biggest nightmare is being stuck on a boat."

"I don't like cruises. Period. My biggest nightmare is being stuck on a boat."

Joe Flanigan, American Actor

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"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."

"No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

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"For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another."

"For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Being, Body, Christ

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"Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published."

"Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published."

Charles Keating, American Lawyer

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"Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about."

"Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

Being, Conversation, Profession, Students

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"I think it need realness, you should speak on thing that you know about, that you being from, that you experienced or that you been around, you know. I think you need a good hook, good beats and good lyrics."

"I think it need realness, you should speak on thing that you know about, that you being from, that you experienced or that you been around, you know. I think you need a good hook, good beats and good lyrics."

Obie Trice, American Musician

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"Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel."

"Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!"

"Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!"

Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician

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"The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is."

"The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is."

Terry Goodkind, American Writer

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"I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way."

"I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

Being, Kids, Pressure, School

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"The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble."

"The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

Being, Building, Communism, Reason

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"The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up."

"The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up."

Patty Duke, American Actress

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"As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there."

"As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there."

John Donne, British Poet

Being, Parliament, Quiet, States

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"Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk."

"Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

Being, Celebrity, Talk

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"It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe."

"It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

Being, Responsibility

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"Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit."

"Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit."

Luther Allison, American Musician

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"Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less."

"Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

Being, Famous, Freedom

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"Being a mum has made me a lot more responsible, it's not just me anymore. But it's also brought me the most joy ever!"

"Being a mum has made me a lot more responsible, it's not just me anymore. But it's also brought me the most joy ever!"

Nicole Appleton, Canadian Musician

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"Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable."

"Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

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"I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment."

"I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment."

Clara Hughes, Canadian Athlete

Being, Now, Right

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"A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom."

"A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom."

John Bright, British Politician

Being, Cities, Parliament, Population

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"No, because I was always nervous about being onstage."

"No, because I was always nervous about being onstage."

Carly Simon, American Musician

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"I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide."

"I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide."

Anatoli Boukreev, Russian Athlete

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"I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well."

"I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

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"I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt."

"I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Being, Feet, Glamour, Hurt

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"Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities."

"Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

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"It was kind of fun being the headliners."

"It was kind of fun being the headliners."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

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"And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face."

"And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face."

Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician

Being, Problems, Woman

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"Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday."

"Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday."

Jamal Lewis, American Athlete

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"At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started enjoying it and being able to say things lyrically that I would normally have to say musically."

"At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started enjoying it and being able to say things lyrically that I would normally have to say musically."

Jimmy Chamberlin, American Musician

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"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one."

"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

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"There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being."

"There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being."

Frances Wright, Scottish Writer

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"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is."

"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Being, Eye, World, Poet

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"All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you."

"All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Being, Emotion, Emotions

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"I wouldn't mind being a lord."

"I wouldn't mind being a lord."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

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"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about."

"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

Being, Forget, Value

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"Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity."

"Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity."

Samuel Fuller, American Director

Being, Evil, Necessity

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"Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em, playing, and that can happen in a big hall, if you have a good audience that want to listen."

"Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em, playing, and that can happen in a big hall, if you have a good audience that want to listen."

Doc Watson, American Musician

Being, Intimacy, Trying, Want

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"George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters."

"George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters."

Mark Shields, American Journalist

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