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I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and… — Donna Shalala
I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion… — Ratan Tata
But the U.S. has to be careful. If our strategy depends on Sunnis doing the fighting to clear Mosul and Ramadi - and, as near… — David Ignatius
Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should… — Barry Sanders
Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly… — Alexander Haig
Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were… — Wim Wenders
Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the… — Bob Brown
You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done. — Kofi Annan
Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might react… — David Ignatius
Marco Rubio, I think, will be president some day. Whether 2016 is his time, time will tell. He embraced immigration reform. He seems to have… — Lindsey Graham
John McCain said that Sarah Palin is still a force in the Republican Party. Then he got in his car and backed over his mailbox. — David Letterman
Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best… — Will Rogers
Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that… — Karl Popper
Whenever I was confronted in the schoolyard, I found some way to avoid the fight. I ran for it. I backed down. Psychologically and emotionally,… — Jonathan Gottschall
I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't… — Helen Suzman
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however… — George Bernard Shaw
As you may know, I'm the co-founder and co-chairman of an asteroid company called Planetary Resources that is backed by a group of eight billionaires… — Peter Diamandis
My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields. — Robert B. Laughlin
I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to… — H P Lovecraft
In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote,… — Conan O'Brien

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