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"A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect."
Francois Fenelon
"A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect."
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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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"I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot."
Krist Novoselic
"I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot."
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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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"To them, the real United States is just flyover country."
John Ratzenberger
"To them, the real United States is just flyover 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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"The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced."
Robert Fortune
"The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced."
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"I have started that which the country will not willingly let die."
Cleveland Abbe
"I have started that which the country will not willingly let die."
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"There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible."
Elizabeth I
"There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible."
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"The weaker the country, the stronger the smile."
Howard Koch
"The weaker the country, the stronger the smile."
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"But this country is a great country and will always rebound."
Jack Scalia
"But this country is a great country and will always rebound."
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"No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem."
Steve Irwin
"No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem."
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"So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year."
Roy Clark
"So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year."
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"What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long?"
Anna Neagle
"What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long?"
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"The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country."
Gary Johnson
"The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country."
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"At first I didn't dig country."
Charlie Rich
"At first I didn't dig country."
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"You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter."
Gilbert White
"You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter."
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"Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country."
Jane D. Hull
"Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country."
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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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"I don't want to feel I'm responsible for anorexia across the country."
Courteney Cox
"I don't want to feel I'm responsible for anorexia across the country."
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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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"I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will."
Martin Sheen
"I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will."
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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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"It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country."
Ed O'Brien
"It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country."
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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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"Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country."
Bainbridge Colby
"Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country."
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"Every country has it trade offs."
Peter Tork
"Every country has it trade offs."
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"There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population."
Moshe Dayan
"There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population."
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"I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice."
Robin Williams
"I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice."
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"I've traveled to 50 countries, but I've never been to heaven."
Laurel Lee
"I've traveled to 50 countries, but I've never been to heaven."
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"New Jersey is the first state in the country to agree to treat gay and unmarried couples the same as married couples."
Michael Adams
"New Jersey is the first state in the country to agree to treat gay and unmarried couples the same as married couples."
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"There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers."
Li Peng
"There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers."
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"We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that."
Rush Limbaugh
"We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that."
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"In Georgia it's a little different because of the East Cobb program. It's such a strong program that we see a lot of kids that come through here on a lot of different teams from across the country that come here to play in tournaments."
Roy Clark
"In Georgia it's a little different because of the East Cobb program. It's such a strong program that we see a lot of kids that come through here on a lot of different teams from across the country that come here to play in tournaments."
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"Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all."
Brent Scowcroft
"Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all."
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"Spain is not a racist country."
Juan Antonio Samaranch
"Spain is not a racist country."
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"When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are."
Lee Ann Womack
"When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are."
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"I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky."
Benny Green
"I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky."
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"Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner."
Ravi Shankar
"Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner."
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"So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing."
Alphonso Jackson
"So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing."
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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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"If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it."
Bob Hope
"If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it."
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"This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime."
Gary Johnson
"This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime."
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"When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement."
Aldrich Ames
"When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement."
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"I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer."
Buck Owens
"I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer."
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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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"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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"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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"In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country."
James Cronin
"In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country."
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