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"But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world."
Valerie Jarrett
"But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world."
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"At Motel 6 in Amish Country I wonder if they leave the light on for you?"
Jay London
"At Motel 6 in Amish Country I wonder if they leave the light on for you?"
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"We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary."
Paul M. Glaser
"We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary."
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"I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing."
Caroline Corr
"I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing."
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"Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country."
Kevin Eubanks
"Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country."
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"The tract through which we passed is generally very good land, with plenty of water; and there, as well as here, the country is neither rocky nor overrun with brush-wood."
Junipero Serra
"The tract through which we passed is generally very good land, with plenty of water; and there, as well as here, the country is neither rocky nor overrun with brush-wood."
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"In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon."
Melina Mercouri
"In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon."
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"I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical."
Emmylou Harris
"I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical."
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"I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present."
David R. Brower
"I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present."
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"The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run the place."
Robert Welch
"The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run the place."
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"A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars."
Heston Blumenthal
"A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars."
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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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"Those who own the country ought to govern it."
John Jay
"Those who own the country ought to govern it."
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"Spain is not a racist country."
Juan Antonio Samaranch
"Spain is not a racist country."
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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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"Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you."
Muddy Waters
"Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you."
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"For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region."
Paracelsus
"For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region."
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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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"I've done gospel singing. I have a gospel album and country album."
Donna Douglas
"I've done gospel singing. I have a gospel album and country album."
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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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"Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce."
Joseph Hume
"Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce."
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"Country has been a wonderful outlet for me."
Suzy Bogguss
"Country has been a wonderful outlet for me."
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"When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition."
Brian Eno
"When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition."
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"One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties."
Pete Seeger
"One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties."
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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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"There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country."
James Forrestal
"There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country."
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"Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly."
Adnan Pachachi
"Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly."
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"I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country."
Dick Gregory
"I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country."
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"After Survivor, I was driving across country and moving to San Francisco, going to get a job interning at an ad agency. And then they asked me to read for this movie."
Colleen Haskell
"After Survivor, I was driving across country and moving to San Francisco, going to get a job interning at an ad agency. And then they asked me to read for this movie."
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"Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs."
Paul Harris
"Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs."
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"Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country."
Dougray Scott
"Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country."
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"This country consumes more pornography than any other country in the world."
Mark Ruffalo
"This country consumes more pornography than any other country in the world."
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"There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing."
Martha Smith
"There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing."
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"We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this."
Moshe Sharett
"We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this."
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"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."
Johann Kaspar Lavater
"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."
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"Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents."
Sandra Day O'Connor
"Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents."
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"I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives."
David McCallum
"I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives."
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"The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything."
Elihu Root
"The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything."
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"As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference."
Jalal Talabani
"As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference."
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"The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to do everything we can to protect them."
Jane D. Hull
"The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to do everything we can to protect them."
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"This country is undergoing great changes for the better."
William John Wills
"This country is undergoing great changes for the better."
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"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there."
Oscar Wilde
"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there."
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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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"The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially."
Toshihiko Fukui
"The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially."
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"Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share."
Edward Burnett Tylor
"Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share."
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"When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers."
Natalia Ginzburg
"When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers."
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"A multi-purpose stadium is an absolute must in order to invigorate our downtown and, simultaneously, let the rest of the country witness that we can get things done."
Alan Autry
"A multi-purpose stadium is an absolute must in order to invigorate our downtown and, simultaneously, let the rest of the country witness that we can get things done."
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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 don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences."
Jane Elliot
"We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences."
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"The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid."
Paul Hoffman
"The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid."
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