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  • Alexander Haig If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity.
    Alexander Haig
    American politician (1924 - 2010)
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  • Carl Levin If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
    Carl Levin
    American attorney (1934 - )
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  • Alfred Russel Wallace If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations.
    Alfred Russel Wallace
    British naturalist, explorer, anthropologist and biologist (1823 - )
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  • Boris Johnson If we get outside the EU, if we leave the EU system, we will be relieved of a huge amount of unnecessary regulation that is holding this country back. We will be able to set our own priorities, make our own laws and set our own tax policies to suit the needs of this country. We have a huge opportunity also to make people's votes count for more.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye on Mars. Landing people on the moon will be terribly consuming of resources we don't have. It sounds great - 'Let's go back. This time we're going to stay.' I don't know why you would want to stay on the moon.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Ben Vereen If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Adrian Lyne If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.
    Adrian Lyne
    English film director, writer and producer (1941 - )
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  • Jesse Owens If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
    Jesse Owens
    American athlete (1913 - 1980)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
    Original: Wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Bob Menendez If you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. If you slept in a hotel or motel of the nation, you probably had your room done by an immigrant worker.
    Bob Menendez
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Winston Churchill If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use the pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time; a tremendous whack.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bill Hybels If you have pumped your fist at God, the good news is that you can come back into fellowship with him right this minute.
    Source: Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Cass Sunstein If you like dark movies or light movies, 'The Empire Strikes Back' is one of the great movies of all time. It's probably the greatest movie of all time. 'A New Hope' is a superb movie. It's probably the second-greatest movie of all time, but 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bill Nye If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Jess Lair If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.
    Source: “I Ain’t Much Baby—But I’m All I’ve Got
    Jess Lair
    American writer (1927 - 2000)
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Blake Farenthold Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Albert Schweitzer Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Boris Johnson In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?
    Source: Boris Johnson on South Bank for Barclays Cycle Hire launch, London SE1, 30 July 2010
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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