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"Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples."
Jalal Talabani
"Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples."
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"The space within becomes the reality of the building."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The space within becomes the reality of the building."
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"The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building."
Benito Mussolini
"The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building."
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"We've already seen how it's going to come in, in a truck, like it did at Oklahoma City at the Federal building or it's going to come in by plane, like it did at the World Trade Center."
Richard Drew
"We've already seen how it's going to come in, in a truck, like it did at Oklahoma City at the Federal building or it's going to come in by plane, like it did at the World Trade Center."
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"The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a judicial system, and this system needs a lot of repair. Therefore, there is no need for Kentucky to start building another judicial system within the system, that we already have."
Sonny Landham
"The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a judicial system, and this system needs a lot of repair. Therefore, there is no need for Kentucky to start building another judicial system within the system, that we already have."
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"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb."
Mordechai Vanunu
"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb."
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"So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'"
Tommy Cooper
"So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'"
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"Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement."
Hanoi Hannah
"Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement."
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"Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico."
Anthony Quinn
"Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico."
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"The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century."
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
"The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century."
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"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within."
Bob Nelson
"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within."
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"We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate."
Emeril Lagasse
"We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate."
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"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."
Mia Hamm
"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."
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"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
Bill Maher
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
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"In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships."
Thomas Keller
"In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships."
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"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away."
George Carlin
"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away."
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"They're building a bridge over the Potomac for all the white liberals fleeing to Virginia."
George C. Wallace
"They're building a bridge over the Potomac for all the white liberals fleeing to Virginia."
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"We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company."
Jim Barksdale
"We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company."
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"Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
John Hutton
"Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
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"Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana."
Billy Tauzin
"Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana."
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"If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor."
Robert Metcalfe
"If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor."
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"Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz."
Lee Konitz
"Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz."
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"In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks."
Warren Farrell
"In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks."
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"It wasn't all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together."
Jim Sullivan
"It wasn't all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together."
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"While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope."
Sam Wood
"While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope."
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"I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff."
Alex O'Loughlin
"I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff."
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"Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap."
Don Rickles
"Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap."
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"The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada."
Ernst Zundel
"The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada."
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"The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate."
Earl Blumenauer
"The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate."
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"When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high."
Florence Henderson
"When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high."
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"The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects."
Rosa DeLauro
"The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects."
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"I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows? Maybe I'll start building guitars for a living."
Guy Clark
"I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows? Maybe I'll start building guitars for a living."
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"We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons."
Gale Sayers
"We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons."
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"I'm just steadily building myself up as Kelly Rowland, not just Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, which is a blessing to be able to do that."
Kelly Rowland
"I'm just steadily building myself up as Kelly Rowland, not just Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, which is a blessing to be able to do that."
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"There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."
John Bolton
"There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."
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"Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area."
Gordon Brown
"Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area."
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"Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together."
Thomas Dolby
"Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together."
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"What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars."
Murray Gell Mann
"What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars."
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"When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation."
Al Franken
"When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation."
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"The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that."
John Henry Carver
"The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that."
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"The Beliebers have done some pretty crazy stuff. Last week, the night before I was due to do a show in Germany, four girls went into a dumpster so they could sneak into the building. They climbed in and hid. When the guys working on the truck started getting the garbage they found them straight away. It was crazy."
Justin Bieber
"The Beliebers have done some pretty crazy stuff. Last week, the night before I was due to do a show in Germany, four girls went into a dumpster so they could sneak into the building. They climbed in and hid. When the guys working on the truck started getting the garbage they found them straight away. It was crazy."
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"Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands. So yes, I'm definitely perhaps contradictory person, but I operate in very contradictory times."
Rem Koolhaas
"Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands. So yes, I'm definitely perhaps contradictory person, but I operate in very contradictory times."
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"For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it."
Camilla Belle
"For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it."
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"When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building."
John Otto
"When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building."
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"You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions."
John Engler
"You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions."
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"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."
Dexter Gordon
"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."
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"They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we're building for them yet."
Anna Louise Strong
"They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we're building for them yet."
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"There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them."
Eugene Chadbourne
"There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them."
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"But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive."
Wim Wenders
"But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive."
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"The higher the building the lower the morals."
Noel Coward
"The higher the building the lower the morals."
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