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The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.


Bishop Gilbert Burnet

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TIM BISHOP The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.
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JIM BISHOP What we can do for another is the test of powers. What we can suffer for is the test of love.
BISHOP WESTCOTT Do not think that what your thoughts dwell upon is of no matter. Your thoughts are making you.
BISHOP STEERE I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.
ANNE BISHOP I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.
STEPHEN BISHOP Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon
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JIM BISHOP Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
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ELISABETH BISHOP Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today? Is it right to be watch...
ELISABETH BISHOP I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw this ki...
RUSSELL BISHOP Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.
JIM BISHOP He dropped pejoratives like subliminal seasoning.
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JIM BISHOP A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born,...
JIM BISHOP Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.
BISHOP HALL Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.
JIM BISHOP ... as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we ha...
BISHOP WESTCOTT A clown sees life simply, without complications.
GEORGE BISHOP He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.
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JIM BISHOP When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]
ANNE BISHOP Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the country.
TIM BISHOP A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation sys...
TIM BISHOP As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congre...
TIM BISHOP We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.
JULIE BISHOP 'The Others' books take place in an alternate Earth where the Earth natives have been the do...
ANNE BISHOP At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.
JIM BISHOP Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.
JULIE BISHOP Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.
JULIE BISHOP And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exe...
JULIE BISHOP Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.
JIM BISHOP Sacredness and profanity and prayers and wishes: they're all held together by the broken limbs of th...
ELORA BISHOP Coming in, you've got to picture yourself as the No. 1 guy. I think the first weekend of the year I ...
BEN BISHOP I can't look at the other goalie, I just got to win the game.
BEN BISHOP He kind of surprised me. I probably should have come out a little more, but he made a great shot.
BEN BISHOP This was a disappointing loss. We didn't have any luck.
BEN BISHOP I wish I could have that one back. But you have to put it out of your mind and turn the page.
BEN BISHOP I tried to get him to go short side, high to the glove, but he went blocker side and put it in off t...
BEN BISHOP It would be nice to get a shutout, but I'll take one goal every game. We've got the offensive firepo...
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BEN BISHOP We want to maintain the quality of the earth for our current future generations, and it depends on i...
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BEN BISHOP We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.
TIM BISHOP So many people, whether they knew her or not, felt somehow connected to her. If you went out with he...
ANDRE BISHOP She was an extraordinary human being whose work and whose life were extremely intertwined. She was n...
ANDRE BISHOP Wendy was a smart, kind, warm, funny, talented, generous, successful woman - that we all know. But p...
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ANDRE BISHOP If you said that Wendy was a feminist, she would say, 'I'm a humanist.' That (line)'s actually in Th...
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JULIE BISHOP Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will a...
TIM BISHOP We're not trying to get companies out of their responsibility. It's the way of fairness - you pay wh...
BARNEY BISHOP The main thing is don't try to catch the cat.
BARNEY BISHOP I wouldn't be surprised if attendance is down a little bit.
BARNEY BISHOP This is the business community's biggest issue.
BARNEY BISHOP This critical legislation is about returning fairness to the legal system by holding those responsib...
BARNEY BISHOP He has a keen understanding that a healthy business climate translates into more jobs, better salari...
BARNEY BISHOP It's a fabulous idea because right now the House is not on an equal playing field with the Senate, a...
BARNEY BISHOP I'm calling into question consistently, since I've been on the board, a lack of the communication fr...
BARNEY BISHOP We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.
BARNEY BISHOP Unless she's caught something, she hasn't eaten since Saturday afternoon.
BARNEY BISHOP This is my favorite kind of weather. I love it.
ASHTON BISHOP Once the bar starts getting that high it starts to look like it's as high as you and it just starts ...
ASHTON BISHOP I've cleared 5-6 once before, but it was at an indoor meet and conditions were perfect, so I would s...
ASHTON BISHOP I'm just so excited that we're not going back on the bus today and feeling like we felt last year.
ASHTON BISHOP We were all so happy everybody was crying. It was great.
ASHTON BISHOP You could see they were getting rattled. That just gave us a boost.
ASHTON BISHOP It's not about your record or where you're ranked in the polls. It's who steps up when it matters th...
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BARBARA BISHOP I'm kind of numb. This is his last show. It's amazing.
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BARBARA BISHOP The crowd never sways it. A judge does what a judge wants to do. You could stand on your head and sc...
BARBARA BISHOP We are thrilled to be recognized by the county.
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KATE BISHOP If you study and prepare then success will follow.
JONATHAN BISHOP Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.
JIM BISHOP The fact is that America relies on Amtrak to move people.
TIM BISHOP There are always, of course, job losses of a cyclical nature in a recession.
TIM BISHOP This is her time of year.
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JULIE BISHOP Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek...
TIM BISHOP It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born i...
JIM BISHOP Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.
JIM BISHOP Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must ...
JOEY BISHOP It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in ...
JIM BISHOP Is that why you've been pushing me away? Because of how you look? [...] I waited for you my w...
ANNE BISHOP Lincoln may be a revered icon, but he's also an historical figure about whom passions often run high...
MICHAEL BISHOP It's a blot which shouldn't have happened and it's a blot which can't ever be erased.
MARK BISHOP We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.
TIM BISHOP I am sure commuting plays a significant part in the transmission of the flu. It's hard to isolate ou...
DALE BISHOP We had two very successful forays to [U.S. regulators], ... We perceive that the U.S. negotiating po...
MICHAEL BISHOP Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.
JULIE BISHOP Prevention is the key.
JULIE BISHOP We have, after all, an ageing population, and dementia is generally a condition of ageing, in that t...
JULIE BISHOP Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an...
JULIE BISHOP The low humidity, the high winds, the lack of rain -- it's all a pretty good recipe for a fast-movin...
CALVIN BISHOP Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy ...
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JIM BISHOP The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumpt...
JULIE BISHOP For the first time, they were seeing the dream beneath the flesh.

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ELVIN BISHOP scared to read my paper, can't look at TV.
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JIM BISHOP I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close enough.
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