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"There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands."
George Borrow
"There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands."
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"There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access."
Vinton Cerf
"There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access."
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"Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one."
John Dingell
"Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one."
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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 not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do."
Donald Trump
"It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do."
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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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"In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical."
John Linder
"In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical."
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"I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features."
Brian De Palma
"I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features."
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"Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country."
John Spratt
"Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country."
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"The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point."
Linda Chavez
"The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point."
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"Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country."
Marilyn vos Savant
"Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country."
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"When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms."
Sarah Palin
"When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms."
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"I feel very connected to poets across the country."
John Barton
"I feel very connected to poets across the country."
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"What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country."
Joseph Addison
"What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country."
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"On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country."
William Henry Ashley
"On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country."
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"There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places."
Chaka Fattah
"There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places."
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"I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker."
Robertson Davies
"I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker."
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"I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part."
John Breaux
"I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part."
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
Marion Barry
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
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"Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country."
William Westmoreland
"Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country."
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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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"We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country."
Pearl S. Buck
"We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country."
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"No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them."
William Gilmore Simms
"No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them."
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"These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the first occasion which offered."
Philip Hone
"These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the first occasion which offered."
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"As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country."
William Howard Taft
"As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country."
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"There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states."
Phyllis Schlafly
"There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states."
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"The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English."
Bobby Jindal
"The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English."
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"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
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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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"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."
Morley Safer
"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."
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"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."
Chief Joseph
"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."
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"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."
Charles de Gaulle
"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."
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"It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book."
Cyril Connolly
"It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book."
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"And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture."
Kurt Loder
"And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture."
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"Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in."
Robert Teeter
"Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in."
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"The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries."
Anna Lindh
"The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries."
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"There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes."
Ian Botham
"There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes."
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"The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law."
William Joyce
"The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law."
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"Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country."
Bram Stoker
"Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country."
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"We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation."
Tim Bishop
"We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation."
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"We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors."
Pauline Hanson
"We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors."
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"Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds."
Mike Fitzpatrick
"Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds."
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"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."
Alberto Juantorena
"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."
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"The United States is historically a nation of immigrants."
Charles Rangel
"The United States is historically a nation of immigrants."
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"Well we had nine top forensic pathologists from across the country, who operated as a panel, who looked at all the ballistic evidence and they came out saying that those bullets did exactly what the Warren Commission said they did."
Louis Stokes
"Well we had nine top forensic pathologists from across the country, who operated as a panel, who looked at all the ballistic evidence and they came out saying that those bullets did exactly what the Warren Commission said they did."
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"I look forward to the day that a lot of the folks that you all talk about and cover on this network will begin to market products for these families and for these kids coming out of junior high school and high school all across the country."
Harold Ford
"I look forward to the day that a lot of the folks that you all talk about and cover on this network will begin to market products for these families and for these kids coming out of junior high school and high school all across the country."
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"Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk."
Margaret Chase Smith
"Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk."
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"But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now."
Fred Thompson
"But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now."
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"If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem."
David Petraeus
"If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem."
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"I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would pay a higher return than any other investment this country could ever make."
Wilson Greatbatch
"I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would pay a higher return than any other investment this country could ever make."
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