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"If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover."
Maria Menounos
"If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover."
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"They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country."
John Ratzenberger
"They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country."
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"We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we're living in. You know this - the movie lives in this - it's centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it."
Nick Cassavetes
"We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we're living in. You know this - the movie lives in this - it's centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it."
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"This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies."
Ralph Nader
"This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies."
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"I've got a great place, it's a country house."
Lita Ford
"I've got a great place, it's a country house."
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"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!"
Denis Leary
"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!"
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"When I started I'd fly across the country to do a gig for a hundred bucks."
David Spade
"When I started I'd fly across the country to do a gig for a hundred bucks."
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"There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes."
Tanya Tucker
"There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes."
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"It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to do with the longer run imbalances that we've created in the structure of the system."
Austan Goolsbee
"It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to do with the longer run imbalances that we've created in the structure of the system."
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"What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions."
Arnold H. Glasow
"What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions."
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"There are plenty of homes but only one country."
Lewis Morris
"There are plenty of homes but only one country."
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"Tyrone, I think they're taking to festivals. I don't know which festivals it will be at. It's like a buddy picture. It's a couple of guys driving across the country and they get to a small town and they hit a guy. The guy turns out to be a drug smuggler."
Ethan Suplee
"Tyrone, I think they're taking to festivals. I don't know which festivals it will be at. It's like a buddy picture. It's a couple of guys driving across the country and they get to a small town and they hit a guy. The guy turns out to be a drug smuggler."
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"Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested."
Jack Bruce
"Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested."
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"During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries."
Toshihiko Fukui
"During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries."
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"The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country."
Peter Pace
"The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country."
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"Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country."
Roberta Flack
"Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country."
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"In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of things we can show in other countries. We didn't get to show our naked Twister game from Wild On Jamaica, but we definitely filmed it."
Brooke Burke
"In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of things we can show in other countries. We didn't get to show our naked Twister game from Wild On Jamaica, but we definitely filmed it."
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"I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality."
Hugo Weaving
"I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality."
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"I think it is wrong that we went against The U.N. and that we have alienated our allies and invaded a country that hasn't threatened us, that it is a pre-emptive strike."
Rosanne Cash
"I think it is wrong that we went against The U.N. and that we have alienated our allies and invaded a country that hasn't threatened us, that it is a pre-emptive strike."
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"It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want."
James Van Der Beek
"It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want."
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"I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country."
Edwin M. Stanton
"I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country."
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"The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid."
Meir Kahane
"The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid."
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"'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country."
Edward Everett Hale
"'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country."
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"I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too."
Susannah York
"I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too."
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"We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing."
River Phoenix
"We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing."
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"The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone."
Stephen Gardiner
"The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone."
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"I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?"
Bill Maher
"I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?"
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"Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls."
Ice T
"Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls."
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"I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world."
Rick Yune
"I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world."
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"Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz."
Thelonious Monk
"Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz."
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"We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances."
Leah Ward Sears
"We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances."
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"Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?"
Bruce Willis
"Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?"
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"The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer."
Thomas Starr King
"The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer."
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"And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again."
George Takei
"And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again."
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"A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country."
Lee Konitz
"A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country."
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"If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country."
Mel Brooks
"If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country."
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"We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country."
Louis Freeh
"We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country."
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"I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days."
W. Richard Stevens
"I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days."
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"I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions."
Pat Mastelotto
"I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions."
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"We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below."
Edward Burnett Tylor
"We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below."
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"So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why."
John Fahey
"So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why."
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"From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore."
John Ratzenberger
"From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore."
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"We are not at the same place we were in 1973. This country today is drifting, moving steadily towards the pro-life position because the data is with us."
Randall Terry
"We are not at the same place we were in 1973. This country today is drifting, moving steadily towards the pro-life position because the data is with us."
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"Every country has it trade offs."
Peter Tork
"Every country has it trade offs."
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"New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries."
Robert Muldoon
"New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries."
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"The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced."
Toshihiko Fukui
"The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced."
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"Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton."
George III
"Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton."
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"I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me."
Miriam Makeba
"I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me."
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"My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country."
Minnie Pearl
"My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country."
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"When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something."
Ursula Andress
"When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something."
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