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"We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions... These are ingredients for catastrophe."
Iyad Allawi
"We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions... These are ingredients for catastrophe."
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"The state is not abolished, it withers away."
Friedrich Engels
"The state is not abolished, it withers away."
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"It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals."
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"I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association."
Peter Fonda
"I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association."
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"The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens."
Dennis Miller
"The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens."
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"Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential."
Michael Burgess
"Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential."
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"Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States."
Howard Coble
"Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States."
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"Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade."
Zhu Rongji
"Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade."
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"It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million."
Al Jardine
"It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million."
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"But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania."
Ed Rendell
"But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania."
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"Every chemical reaction has a transition state."
Derek Barton
"Every chemical reaction has a transition state."
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"Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it does not require much demonstration to prove that their estate is not always the more gracious."
Fanny Kemble
"Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it does not require much demonstration to prove that their estate is not always the more gracious."
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"I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio."
Kiri Te Kanawa
"I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio."
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"There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state."
Stephan Jenkins
"There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state."
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"I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation."
Jack Steinberger
"I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation."
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"In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state."
Silvan Shalom
"In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state."
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"For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me."
Morton Feldman
"For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me."
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"Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size."
Fay Wray
"Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size."
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"I think the United States is way behind the times."
Christopher Atkins
"I think the United States is way behind the times."
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"When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy."
Vince McMahon
"When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy."
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"You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out."
Antonin Scalia
"You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out."
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"I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states."
Rickie Lee Jones
"I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states."
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"The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election."
Belle Boyd
"The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election."
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"The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."
Friedrich Engels
"The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."
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"The United States is a beautiful place, you know?"
Billy Higgins
"The United States is a beautiful place, you know?"
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"But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together."
Evan Dando
"But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together."
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"No, the United States does not target civilians."
Douglas Feith
"No, the United States does not target civilians."
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"On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet."
Ted Rall
"On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet."
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"By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world."
Roger Mahony
"By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world."
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"I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me."
Loretta Lynn
"I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me."
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"I am the state."
Louis XIV
"I am the state."
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"North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?"
Bobby Heenan
"North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?"
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"Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody."
Alain Juppe
"Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody."
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"Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement."
Derek Barton
"Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement."
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"Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian."
Robert Orben
"Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian."
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"Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea."
Edward Luck
"Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea."
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"The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?"
Boutros Boutros Ghali
"The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?"
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"I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut."
Jim Coleman
"I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut."
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"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."
Jonathan Frid
"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."
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"I will cut all state taxes by at least one third."
Sonny Landham
"I will cut all state taxes by at least one third."
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"We might say that the state is like an addictive drug: the more of it we have, the more we 'need' it and the more we come to 'depend' on it."
Michael Taylor
"We might say that the state is like an addictive drug: the more of it we have, the more we 'need' it and the more we come to 'depend' on it."
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"When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained."
Holly Near
"When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained."
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"Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state."
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"An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish."
Erwin Schrodinger
"An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish."
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"There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million."
David Ben Gurion
"There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million."
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"I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria."
Sting
"I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria."
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"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
Bobby Vinton
"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
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"John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived."
Maureen O'Hara
"John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived."
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"If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States."
Jacques Villeneuve
"If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States."
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"I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment."
Patti Smith
"I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment."
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