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"Australia was great. I would advise anybody to go there. In fact, if you couldn't live here, Australia would be the place to live. It's the most Americanized country that I've ever seen in the world."
Jerry Lawler
"Australia was great. I would advise anybody to go there. In fact, if you couldn't live here, Australia would be the place to live. It's the most Americanized country that I've ever seen in the world."
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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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"Most of us take it for granted that the person performing our radiologic procedures is a competent professional. But the fact is, poorly trained individuals examine and treat thousands of patients in this country every day."
Charles W. Pickering
"Most of us take it for granted that the person performing our radiologic procedures is a competent professional. But the fact is, poorly trained individuals examine and treat thousands of patients in this country every day."
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"Marble is not alike in all countries."
Marcus V. Pollio
"Marble is not alike in all countries."
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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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"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away."
William Wycherley
"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."
Alexandra Paul
"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."
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"We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition."
Norman Lear
"We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition."
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"I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real."
Neil Young
"I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real."
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"Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty."
Ernst Toller
"Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty."
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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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"We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries."
Niklas Zennstrom
"We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries."
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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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"Every citizen in every country in the world now grows up in two nations. Their own and Hollywood."
Nick Mancuso
"Every citizen in every country in the world now grows up in two nations. Their own and Hollywood."
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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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"If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera."
Sarah Caldwell
"If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera."
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"So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country."
Cy Coleman
"So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the 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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"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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"For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries."
Norman Borlaug
"For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries."
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"The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories controlled by other countries."
Rene Cassin
"The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories controlled by other countries."
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"My first occupation was to map the country."
John H. Speke
"My first occupation was to map the country."
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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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"Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed."
Joseph Hume
"Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed."
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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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"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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"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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"If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them."
Mohammad Khatami
"If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them."
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"No one country has a team that hold a monopoly on the league like Maccabi does in Israel."
Michael Kennedy
"No one country has a team that hold a monopoly on the league like Maccabi does in Israel."
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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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"Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country."
Steven Wright
"Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country."
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"A day away from Tallulah is like a month in the country."
Howard Dietz
"A day away from Tallulah is like a month in the country."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it."
Phil Collins
"I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it."
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"You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve."
King Edward VIII
"You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve."
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"To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere."
Michael Burgess
"To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere."
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"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."
James Earl Jones
"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."
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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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"At first I didn't dig country."
Charlie Rich
"At first I didn't dig country."
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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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