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"I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term."
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"The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it."
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"McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base."
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"I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly."
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"Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them."
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"That difficult place to put your finger on about the world - it needs to be illustrated."
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"If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary."
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"Never invest in anything that eats or needs painting."
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"For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture."
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"You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus."
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"To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes."
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"I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met."
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"For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture."
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"We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled."
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"I don't know Bill Clinton as someone who needs to literally sexually harass a woman. I'm sure that he could have found many willing participants."
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"Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings."
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"An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties."
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"I'm not trying to get back on a team, but I have tried to stay in shape just in case a team needs a point guard. A championship team. I wouldn't go to any other team."
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"Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies."
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"Everybody needs feedback, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than paying a trainer."
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"I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction."
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"But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen."
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"Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts."
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"I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract."
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"Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose."
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"It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good."
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"Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works."
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"We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid."
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"What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian."
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"The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness."
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"Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn."
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"Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him."
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"Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to."
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"It sort of filtered into their subconscious through motion pictures, but it's an historical secret. This - whatever this is - needs to be studied and, in a kind of definitive way, talked about."
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"All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms."
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