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"Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country."
Penelope Lively
"Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country."
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"Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment."
Bob Filner
"Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment."
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"America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture."
Paul Tsongas
"America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture."
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"I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands."
Alexis Arguello
"I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands."
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"I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?"
Jose Saramago
"I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?"
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"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."
J. William Fulbright
"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."
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"Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989."
Nadia Comaneci
"Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989."
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"We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste."
Wendell H. Ford
"We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste."
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"Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend."
Jean Chretien
"Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend."
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"When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back."
Charles Krauthammer
"When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back."
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"You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws."
Ron Paul
"You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws."
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"When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this."
Townsend Harris
"When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this."
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"When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team."
Bill Toomey
"When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team."
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"The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club."
Howard Dean
"The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club."
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"Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen."
Willa Cather
"Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen."
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"We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas."
Malcolm Wallop
"We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas."
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"We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan."
Thad Cochran
"We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan."
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"New York, the nation's thyroid gland."
Christopher Morley
"New York, the nation's thyroid gland."
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"My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States."
Donald Trump
"My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States."
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"If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels."
Bart Gordon
"If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels."
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"And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid."
John W. Snow
"And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid."
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"They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here."
Michael D. Barnes
"They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here."
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"And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian."
Chris Hadfield
"And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian."
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"But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial."
Aristide Briand
"But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial."
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"I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings."
Robert Toombs
"I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings."
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"We remain essentially a nation under siege."
Theodore C. Sorensen
"We remain essentially a nation under siege."
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"In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like."
William Greider
"In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like."
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"The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries."
Ludwig Quidde
"The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries."
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"It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself."
Herodotus
"It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself."
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"How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!"
William Collins
"How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!"
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"Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also."
Townsend Harris
"Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also."
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"We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible."
John Boyd Orr
"We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible."
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"We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices."
Donna Brazile
"We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices."
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"I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first."
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
"I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first."
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"But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits."
Chaka Fattah
"But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits."
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"U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products."
John Shimkus
"U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products."
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"You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida."
Corrine Brown
"You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida."
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"Despite the negativity coming from the President's opponents, the United States remains fully committed to assisting the Iraqis in restoring security and rebuilding their nation."
Craig L. Thomas
"Despite the negativity coming from the President's opponents, the United States remains fully committed to assisting the Iraqis in restoring security and rebuilding their nation."
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"Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy."
Elton Gallegly
"Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy."
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"A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."
David C. McCullough
"A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."
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"At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country."
Shannon Miller
"At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country."
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"We are the greatest country in the world but we are facing serious issues."
Rick Larsen
"We are the greatest country in the world but we are facing serious issues."
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"I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution."
Alan Paton
"I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution."
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"So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it."
Chris Hadfield
"So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it."
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"There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level."
Carol Moseley Braun
"There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level."
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"I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England."
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"All my roots are still in the prarie country of the Middle West."
James Norman Hall
"All my roots are still in the prarie country of the Middle West."
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"Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election."
Adam Michnik
"Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election."
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"There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it."
Paul Bremer
"There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it."
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"Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers."
John Shimkus
"Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers."
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