We have been keeping our Iraq coverage going and that is a more important story. It has U.S. soldiers there, people are very interested in it, and it lends itself better to breaking news.
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Related To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Iraq is our war, our U.S. policy, our people (fighting) there ... it reflects the whole politics of ... LOREN JENKINS 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER We have been in discussions with a number of interested parties over the last several months, ... Bu... BRUCE LAKEFIELD You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson... DEYTH BANGER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it. KAREN JOY FOWLER During this difficult time, with the war in Iraq dominating news coverage, more and more readers and... DENNIS FITZSIMONS We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in... WALID JUMBLATT Tribute to our soldiers fight in Iraq, and more to the ones who aren't going to make it home. JACK GERARD The situation lends itself to a better pool of candidates. I don't think the current state is all th... ERIC HEFT AT&T should be required to provide a clear and straightforward system of calling time that will make... FRANK PALLONE We didn’t think anything of it at the time, but we saw several of the bodies of the crew, space pi... CHRISTINA ENGELA I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... Everyone has a gift. It's up to you to decide what you do with it. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT It is good for the public to come and see. I don't think a lot of people realize that there are loca... LISA GUERRERO It provides an opportunity for viewers to see a more in-depth coverage of the story and a more perso... ELIZABETH VARGAS Millions of people have been evacuated, and an entire region of the country is in danger. This is br... BEN SHERWOOD But that's exactly why we think it's incredibly important that people be able to afford these produc... DEE MAHAN The difference has been, in responding to the U.S. News and World Report sets of questions, is that ... BARBARA NOURIE We provide a lot of softball equipment and technical assistance to China and we are also sending coa... DON PORTER Why are you suggesting something… then deny to tell the whole thing? DEYTH BANGER it's always important to do what you want, Life is too short to live with Regrets. SHELLI THOMPSON This has been one of the toughest years for breaking news that we've ever had. But the fact is that ... MARCY MCGINNIS His dad (Steve Ford) has been a very important part of our boosters, and has been a very important p... JOE STONER His dad (Steve Ford) has been a very important part of our boosters, and has been a very important p... JOE STONER The president is clearly making a judgment that it is more important for us to rebuild Iraq and Afgh... BOB GRAHAM This lends perspective on what we're doing. It's important, we have fun with it, it's our jobs; but ... BRIAN MCCUTCHEON Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD You should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thi... JOHN GREEN Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That's the soldiers... JOHN ABIZAID We want to do an appropriate amount of coverage. The story affects everybody at ABC. We have a job t... JEFFREY SCHNEIDER I will say that this year has been our best. Our events and group have had more coverage and people ... ANGIE COX We at Bergdorf have not been - and are not - interested in the men's collection. The women's has mor... ROBERT BURKE Instinct's the iron skeleton under all our ideas of free will. STEPHEN KING The U.S. economy in the hurricane's aftermath is going to be a lot more important to a lot more vote... DAN SCHNUR This world is a joke, and I'm in it OLIWAH GOUDEE For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA I've been interested in writing and storytelling since I learned to read, but it wasn't unti... JAY MCINERNEY 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON We have several stories that are very important right now - politics in Germany, spectacular equity ... JEFF YOUNG A news sense is really a sense of what is important, what is vital, what has color and life - what p... BURTON RASCOE There are so many things we do in life that define the real meaning of our lives. There are so many ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy... JAMES GRAY We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some hea... DAVE OBEY This is an enormous honor, and a huge recognition of the coverage of a news story that has become a ... BRIAN WILLIAMS There outside there is a lot of stuff which you learn, the clock illusion, that you live in the past... DEYTH BANGER Today's consumers are much more interested in a quality wine that they know is going to taste good. ... DON FREYTAG Risks can lead to great victories or defeats. Even if you are defeated, the lesson will be valuable ... LAILAH GIFTYAKITA I have the warmest of feelings for the community and the people in the community. Every day it seems... ANDREW PENDERGRASS It's cool that we've been able to keep our music fresh and keep people interested. Obviously, there ... ALAN EVANS It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it. DEYTH BANGER More important, it's because God is our only true source of life. CRAIG GROESCHEL We are going to collect all the material which was produced from '45 onward, everything, every piece... AVNER SHALEV It's a non-story. Steve is a big picture thinker and Jerry is a detailed guy and they are both very,... CHRISTOPHER DIXON We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the viole... MARK WHITAKER We aren't going to rush into it. I'm sure we'll get plenty of applications from people who are inter... DAVID HOUGHTON We were dumping it out today. Our outside halves gave us more effort than they have been and I was p... DOUG KILBY It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The t... JOHN YOO We are certainly very interested and we'd be a better team with him in it, CRAIG CAMERON We have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the momen... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON More and more people are going without coverage or with less coverage, and that trend looks like it'... AARON HENRY Life is not all about sticking or stopping your thoughts to old memories but LIFE STARTS when you st... NEHA KOTHARI There has been a lot of M&A news and that makes stocks more attractive. It shows companies are still... GEOFF LANGHAM We are not quitters. Britain has always gone out there; we have probably been more influential than ... GEORGE OSBORNE We're getting better coverage. Our linebackers are more sound. We're getting better checks and bette... GRANT WISTROM It is a small consolation to know that he has been spared a lot more pain and suffering but today we... BILLY MCNEILL They must have been showing a lot of his films in Iraq. We got a lot of mail from the soldiers over ... FRAN SCHENKEL I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I t... E. P. THOMPSON People become more ignorant when it comes to religion. DANIEL MELGAçO If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audien... TABITHA SOREN No. MUSHROOMHEAD and DOPE both have a pretty good military following. I think it has to do with the ... EDSEL DOPE It's a story that people just love; for years people have been intrigued, inspired and entertained b... FATHER KEVIN ASHE You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS A very large percentage of economic activity is shifting online and it makes sense that there are mo... MARC ANDREESSEN With our saturation coverage these days, this is much more of a problem than it ever has been, DANIEL PEARSON We have not been keeping up with numbers from hotels; we have been concentrating more on our apartme... DANA CONKLIN We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with f... DOUGLAS FEITH I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what... HARRY STYLES We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with f... DOUGLAS FEITH When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to ... NOAM CHOMSKY Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be... SANDRA K. COOK If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with i... TABITHA SOREN We have experts and expertise from outside. It lends a hand in being more fair and evenhanded, and i... ALLEN HICKS I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER That was a very interesting race and it is obviously good news to have scored our first point of the... RALF SCHUMACHER He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL Over the course of the past two weeks, ... NBC News has done a remarkable job of reporting on the de... JEFF ZUCKER More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even ... SIMON SINEK For God must have more important universal matters to attend to than keeping himself busy with us, p... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN When it's clear that we have a commitment to God that comes before anything else in our lives, most ... CRAIG GROESCHEL I appreciate the fact that you have one redeeming quality, Jack, but that is all it is. Just a hint ... K.A. LINDE
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