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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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"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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"'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 feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media."
Sara Gilbert
"I feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media."
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"No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this country how to be. There is no single definition of whiteness or single definition of blackness."
Montel Williams
"No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this country how to be. There is no single definition of whiteness or single definition of blackness."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries."
Burt Rutan
"In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries."
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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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"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 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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"This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare."
James Forrestal
"This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare."
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"An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country."
Bainbridge Colby
"An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country."
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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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"There are plenty of homes but only one country."
Lewis Morris
"There are plenty of homes but only one country."
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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 drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead."
Frank Black
"I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead."
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"We have a country that is in a very delicate situation."
Ezer Weizman
"We have a country that is in a very delicate situation."
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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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"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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"A wise traveler never depreciates their own country."
Carlo Goldoni
"A wise traveler never depreciates their own country."
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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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"If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed."
Richard Rogers
"If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed."
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"I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred."
John Mellencamp
"I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred."
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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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"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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"Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country."
James Woods
"Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country."
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"There's been a deliberate and systematic effort to convey to countries around the world, friends and foes, that if they cross the United States there's a price to pay."
Sandy Berger
"There's been a deliberate and systematic effort to convey to countries around the world, friends and foes, that if they cross the United States there's a price to pay."
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"Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy."
Robert Stack
"Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy."
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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'm really just a country boy."
Steven Tyler
"I'm really just a country boy."
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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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"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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"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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"No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount."
Frederick Scott Oliver
"No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount."
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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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"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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"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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"Country is not what you heard on the Grammys."
Crystal Gayle
"Country is not what you heard on the Grammys."
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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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"The opposition may have the right to doubt every thing, but for myself, I call on opposition to practice its role within limits of objectively, responsibility and country interests."
Ali A. Saleh
"The opposition may have the right to doubt every thing, but for myself, I call on opposition to practice its role within limits of objectively, responsibility and country interests."
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"I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness."
Steve Martin
"I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness."
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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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"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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