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GAUTAMA BUDDHA I have known Evo Morales for many years, since the days of the union movement. From a historical and... LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform wh... GEORGE SHELLEY He thinks himself rather an exceptional young man, thoroughly sophisticated, well adjusted to his en... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO I think he has improved his game more than anyone in the area. He just continues to get better and b... RONNIE BOTTOMS We call on the pro-Chavez sector not to misinterpret the signal that one-third of voters supported t... ALBERTO FRANCESCHI Chavez, how is it going? JULIO CESAR Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land... JOSE SARAMAGO One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks. JOHANN VON GOETHE One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He brings home the bacon, and he is also able to flaunt somewhat conservative credentials on budgeta... BRAD GOMEZ We appreciate him (Chavez) very much as a leader. It's been said he's one of us. His thinking is lik... JAMES SAPPIER Morales, even with his great legitimacy, no matter what, will have to forge an agreement with the re... CARLOS TORANZO Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Ricky Hatton, Jose Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales and Jesus Chavez, we want to fight these guys. Beli... WILLIE SAVANNAH We chose this opponent because he has a style similar to Morales', ... I think this fight will defin... FREDDIE ROACH I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a wa... CINDY SHEEHAN He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. JOHANN VON GOETHE I don't think it's fair to compare. I play a totally different game than he does. I'm a lot more phy... GILBERT BRULE I mean, look at the way Morales refers to killing my sister in his clemency letter to the governor. ... BRIAN CHALK We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He certainly has political aspirations, and I don't think it will be the end of his career if the ce... LORENZO CODOGNO My greatest regret at the passing of America-hating strongman Hugo Chavez is that he didn't live... ROB LOWE I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as a... T.I. He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the worl... ABDEL ATWAN He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the worl... ABDEL BARI ATWAN I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER If Brian Bilbray had an ounce of integrity, he would call for this ad to be taken off the air. What ... BRENNAN BILBERRY If the opposition parties are seen as not being constructive and blocking everything Morales tries t... MICHAEL SHIFTER The international market sees the advance of Chavez as very negative. It is very clear that the shar... RAFAEL ALCANTARA It would have been a different story if Chavez pitches. That kid is tough. LEROY GONZALEZ More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value ... JOHN BURROUGHS Manny has fought Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales in his last (four) figh... GARY SHAW Because there is no doubt that he cannot and will not suffer pain if unconscious, the remedy crafted... DANE GILLETTE When push comes to shove would people do what they felt was right, to get justice done or would they... GARY F EVANS... I don't know anyone named Morales. FRANK THERRE It looks like we are headed for a collision. Chavez realizes that the U.S. doesn't have an idea of h... MICHAEL SHIFTER I don't know what the problem is, what the deal is. I was ready to go. It was his call. He chose not... FRANKIE HEJDUK If we do not get rid of (Chavez), we are going to have another Cuba here. CARMEN HERNANDEZ We have done a good job proving to you that Mario Chavez didn't make that phone call, didn't buy tha... JOSEPH RIGGS We know that he has had what I would call emotional difficulties in the past. There is certainly no ... DAVID BOREN How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. I asked him the other night what his intentions were and he said he didn't really want to finish wit... IAN STACKER One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo. CINDY SHEEHAN We, as part of a democratic opposition movement, are not planning to kill Chavez or topple the gover... HENRY RAMOS It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN His grand victory and inflated expectations are two of Morales? greatest enemies. There are many peo... CARLOS TORANZO His leadership doesn't come only from what he says, but what he does. He built himself up to become ... FRANK THOMSEN Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which He does not often do, His motivatio... JAMES C. DOBSON Chavez is rolling in oil money, which is making him bolder, IAN TELFER By alienation is meant a mode of experience in which the person experiences himself as an alien. He ... ERICH FROMM By alienation is meant a mode of experience in which the person experiences himself as an alien. He ... ERICH FROMM It's a rematch, plus Morales. LARRY HUFFORD The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Life is an audition. THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL Does the hummingbird think he himself invented his crimson throat? He is wiser than that, I thi... MARY OLIVER 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON The game is so much in him and is so much a part of who he is and what he is. The thought of retirin... JAY FEASTER The outsider is not sure who he is. He has found an “I”, but it is not his true “I”.’ His ... COLIN WILSON Mr. Chavez has fed off the people's rage, and it is dangerous to perceive him as a vindicator rather... ANDRES PEREZ Washington is a specialist in doing things that benefit Chavez. MICHAEL SHIFTER If I say that Shakespeare is the greatest of intellects, I have
said all concerning him. But there... THOMAS CARLYLE A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and wh... LEV GROSSMAN We would love nothing more than to have Landon back in an Earthquakes uniform, but evidently this is... ALEXI LALAS My father is very Jean Valjean. He's what I would call a great example of a religious person. He... HUGH JACKMAN Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD My time has is here, my mission has failed, but in spite of my limitations i will never loose faith.... RYAN LEONARD I know Reggie too well. If we don't put a little restraint on him, he'll kill himself to do it. This... PATRICK NIX Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA What a country wants to make it richer is never consumption, but production. Where there is the latt... JOHN STUART MILL 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON I barely need to reiterate what you already know: the close links that exist between our people and ... FIDEL CASTRO To love is to act. VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace. BEN OAK I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt... BIJOU HUNTER I am extremely happy for Sam to join our staff. He is an excellent teacher of volleyball and he sepa... STEFFI LEGALL Humility is by far the most spiritual virtue of the lot. The only way by which one may cease obsessi... CRISS JAMI It overestimates Chavez. DONALD RUMSFELD
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