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You know, I'm the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of this period is written, people will realize a… — George W. Bush
This thaw -- took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw. — George W. Bush
The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas.… — Dick Cheney
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail — William Westmoreland
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. — Pat Metheny
Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash? — Robert Breault
I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league,… — Ed Bradley
It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football. — Merlin Olsen
My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now… — Rebecca Lobo
I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that -… — Gary Numan
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way… — Boethius
My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three… — Anthony Doerr
I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from… — Teju Cole
You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge of… — John Foster Dulles
The nuclear bomb took all the fun out of war. — Edward Abbey
It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written. — Edward Abbey
The first serious consciousness of Nature's gesture - her attitude towards life-took form then as a phantasm, a nightmare, all insanity of force. For the… — Henry Adams
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni… — Kazuo Ishiguro
When I was a boy, my family took great care with our snapshots. We really planned them. We made compositions. We posed in front of… — Richard Avedon
The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It… — Annie Leibovitz
When I found the beautiful white bones in the desert I picked them up and took them home too...I have used these things to say… — Georgia O'Keeffe
In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to… — Phil Collins
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't… — John Hume
Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it. — Henny Youngman
We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no… — Chinua Achebe

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