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America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

Quote by George W. Bush about children, man, people

It was not pre-arranged, it just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

Quote by Rosa Parks about opinion, day

In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true demand for our services increases in hard times.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about affair, world

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In...

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art, mediocrity

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious...

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.

Quote by Edward Abbey

What this book demands from a reader is a willingness to...

What this book demands from a reader is a willingness to accept that the best writer in America could write almost nothing but record reviews.

Quote by Lester Bangs about writers, nothing

So the skills required of our translators, interrogators, ...

So the skills required of our translators, interrogators, and human intelligence operators in Iraq are enormously demanding.

Quote by John Abizaid about intelligence, human imperfections

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

Quote by Lord Acton about elections, teaching, tests, faith, public, good, good luck

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

Quote by Douglas Adams about doubt

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral...

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Quote by John Adams about authority, society, character, moral, power

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about vice, doubt

We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money

A DUP demand for the humiliation of republicans is not...

A DUP demand for the humiliation of republicans is not only unacceptable, it will not happen and it has no place in a process of peace making.

Quote by Gerry Adams about peace

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science...

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about gifts, destiny, blood, liberty, science, nation, peace

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about magic, pleasure, word, woman, sex

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who...

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.

Quote by Maria Callas about dignity

I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I...

I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about nation, people

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Quote by Winston Churchill

You get involved with a character after spending a long...

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about concentration, character, time, contentment

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my...

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

Quote by Placido Domingo about press

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