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The president has no right to talk about freedom and democracy in a country where human rights have been violated on a large scale.


David Gamkrelidze

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LARRY DAVID When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these ...
LARRY DAVID My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.
LARRY DAVID I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, ...
LARRY DAVID It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
LARRY DAVID In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as ser...
LARRY DAVID I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.
LARRY DAVID If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
LARRY DAVID Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's lik...
LARRY DAVID I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.
LARRY DAVID Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting f...
LARRY DAVID I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
LARRY DAVID I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.
LARRY DAVID Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.
DAVID PERLMUTTER We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of pre...
DAVID AGUS Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.
DAVID RUDISHA Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the po...
DAVID BLUNKETT