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I think it's a very fair proposal. I think this is one of those rare occasions where everyone can claim victory.


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This is one of those classic agreements where all the stakeholders can claim victory.
JOE DORN Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky ...
AUDREY HEPBURN I think it's rare where any team goes through a stretch where you have everyone available, everybody...
TERRY FRANCONA It's a report that both sides can claim victory about. I don't think it will settle the issue.
DAVE CORTESE I think he's very open, ... He seems to weigh any given proposal on its merits.
JAMES BARR The only clarion call that George Pataki is hearing these days is the one convincing him he can run ...
BLAKE ZEFF This is a game that I think could really make this team be of age. I think this is a great opportuni...
BOBBY CLARK I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep t...
BEAR GRYLLS The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see h...
ADRIAN SMITH I don't think they will run. I think they'll find a conservative who is one of them... a George Alle...
CHRIS MATTHEWS I think most people understand that tread separation is a very, very rare event.
HELEN PETRAUSKAS The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can s...
ADRIAN SMITH I think everyone benefits in a slow market. I think the buyers benefit in getting a property at a be...
DAVID KERR I think life is a chain of events.
ZARA LARSSON It's spreading nationally. That, I think, is George Ryan's legacy. This is where it started and that...
ROB WARDEN Today we're focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it's fa...
SANJAY KUMAR I think that testosterone is a rare poison.
GERMAINE GREER I don't see where this deal can be salvaged, ... I don't think J&J wants to risk its own reputation ...
ROBERT GOLD I wasn't involved in the casting at that state, but I think it was a good idea. I think she's one of...
HELEN FIELDING I think that we want to give Eisley a fair shake here. I think the team and George is comfortable wi...
KIKI VANDEWEGHE People say George Pataki came out of nowhere, that he wasn't a household name,
NORMAN ADLER I think by the end of the year, she's going to have an understanding of where she has to be. I think...
DAVE MAJEWSKI I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.
NAMIE AMURO I didn't look at the market, I looked at our particular financial situation. I think everyone will l...
DOUG MACLEAN We haven't turned down this proposal. The Iranian government is looking attentively at the proposal,...
GHOLAMREZA ANSARI I think that you learn some great lessons in this business, and one of them is to accept the disappo...
HERMAN SARKOWSKY Most of those children don't have one-tenth of the opportunity my children had, and I don't think th...
DE KNUDSON I want to create. I think that's the one word I can grow on.
ISRAEL BROUSSARD I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
WALTER JOHNSON I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities...
HANS-ULRICH OBRIST My best personality trait that I think I'm very approachable. And my worst is that I can be mood...
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Last night was one of those occasions where, the best way to explain to anybody was that I was 'ther...
MARK SCHWARZER I think the bottom line is, this is one of the few BRAC rounds in history where California comes out...
LEON PANETTA I am very proud to claim Mrs. Parks as a resident of Michigan and to help lead the effort to honor h...
VERNON EHLERS Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself...
BILL WALTON I think that testosterone is a rare poison
GERMAINE GREER I didn't understand what I was doing. I just think it was one of those things that everyone goes thr...
ADAM DUNN On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
BEBE NEUWIRTH This is one of the most devastating storms in our nation's history. I think that's becoming clear to...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN I think everyone can associate with one type of dog or another. To me, Spice is perfect.
JANET WHITE I think six teams could make a legitimate claim going into this.
CHARLIE SPOONHOUR I can tell you that the current process is fraught with uncertainty. I like this proposal very much.
CARL WILSON I think everyone is wounded in their sex,” I said. “I can’t think of one person who isn’t.
ANDRé ACIMAN I think it's fair to say this is going to be a record.
MICHAEL BUCKLEY I think everyone in this office believes in improving the lives of people in our community and the p...
JAY KAMATH Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.
JOSH BILLINGS Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer
JOSH BILLINGS I think it's fair to say that these are difficult issues -- they are difficult moral, ethical, legal...
BRYAN WHITMAN You been mud wrestling..?' 'Only with my conscience.' 'Really? Who won?' 'Well, it was one of those ...
IAIN M. BANKS I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.
HARRI HOLKERI I think I can wipe out diabetes.
ROBERT ATKINS I can do without a television or a telephone, I think.
BILLY BURKE I think one of the biggest challenges is to achieve the vision everyone has for this site.
BOB MATTUCCI I'm very encouraged because I think this is a serious proposal that warrants a serious response from...
DONALD BERNSTEIN I don't think anybody welcomed that proposal. It wouldn't serve the interests of those who benefit f...
STEVEN AFTERGOOD I think they've got a lot of A-pluses going for them at this point. In six or seven or eight years, ...
LARRY WHEELER At this point I think that's probably a fair assessment.
BILL DALY This is where the screaming goes on. I think they feel that everyone down the line is making money.
CARL MCCASLIN I think anybody who's hot right now can do it. I think it's been one of those kinds of years.
DICK WETTENGEL There is probably a limit to freedom of expression, in that I don't think even in the United States ...
DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companion...
GEORGE CANNING I think it was a very good disposition, and I think it was fair to the state and to Mr. Harvey.
JIMMY BROWN I think this is one of those years where the conference is wide open. It seems like no one has an ed...
GREG SHIVERS The statements I made on July 5th were fueled by despair and frustration because of still not knowin...
BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY I think it's definitely fair to say he's a very influential member of the Democratic caucus.
BRIAN NICK I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I haven't been. That is where I think I can...
TATJANA PATITZ I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body ...
GERI HALLIWELL This is such a great victory for us. I think it gave us our confidence back.
ESHAYA MURPHY I think we just need to take a step backwards and wait a while on this proposal.
DENI SCRUDATO Even some of the dinosaurs may have gotten involved in some of this. I think it would be quite rare ...
WILLIAM THOMAS I think it is an excellent proposal, but I am skeptical that the proposal would be accepted by the I...
GARY SAMORE And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.
SOPHIE MARCEAU I don't think it's fair to characterize this as a gimmick. This is paid for. This is not a gimmick.
ROBERT GENUARIO I think he's being more of a leader and showing everyone that he can lead this team.
JUSTIN DENTMON I think, well, I've had a shit of a life, all things considered. It wasn't fair. Everyone I've ever ...
NEIL GAIMAN I think debate is good. Everyone has an opinion, and it's definitely healthy to voice those.
CHARLI XCX I don't think that (U.S. President) George Bush...is a man of honor."
HARRY BELAFONTE Before, I said I could be fair, but I don't think I can.
JUROR NO If anyone believes that they don't know George very well. I think it's a case of the ventriloquist a...
NICK PAPPAS I don't think anybody is surprised by this. Over the last few weeks I think its become apparent that...
ALBERT LIN We think the Russian proposal is a good attempt to break this stalemate.
KONG QUAN I'm one of those people who think I can learn something from everybody.
DAVID OTUNGA I think it does give everyone a lot of opportunities. And its good for racing.
PETE ANDERSON Each side has made its position on the issues clear during the months of negotiations, ... I have de...
FRANK MURKOWSKI I think now we can just focus in on league play. I think this is the time of year when everyone in c...
HOWIE DICKENMAN Dear spiritual brothers and sisters, this beautiful morning I think everyone very fresh—outside ve...
DALAI LAMA I think the danger is to try and please everyone.
CHARLIE COX I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.
ERIC CANTONA The depth of this league is grossly understated. There's a lot of teams that can pull off an upset o...
JOHN GIANNINI Both sides can claim victory. It looks like a reasonable compromise.
RICHARD ABOULAFIA I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is ...
DAVE CHAPPELLE They're proud of their heritage and where they're from. I think everyone can say that Syracuse wrest...
GENE MILLS I'd like CBS, at this point, to say where they got those documents from. I think they should say whe...
BOB NOVAK I think George Hamilton is going to be a good competitor.
LISA RINNA I think HTML5 is one area where Mozilla has done very poorly at actually communicating what we have ...
MITCHELL BAKER I think people feel that when they look at the print. The closest thing I can think of is poetry, wh...
HOLLY DOWNING I think economically its a very good idea,
JAMES HAMILTON Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everyt...
PATRICK NESS I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: I have nothing to offe...
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.
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GEORGE ORWELL For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
GEORGE ORWELL As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.
GEORGE ORWELL A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing ...
GEORGE ORWELL One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in ...
GEORGE ORWELL To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than othe...
GEORGE ORWELL War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit f...
GEORGE ORWELL All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are ...
GEORGE ORWELL The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
GEORGE ORWELL I've been to L.A. before, and I love the sunshine and the fact that people seem so genuinely nic...
HELEN GEORGE