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Saddam Hussein's bodyguards were too good. He had doubles. They couldn't get through to him. So the third line of defense, if the economic hit men and the jackals fail, the next line of defense is our young men and women, who are sent in to die...

Quote by John Perkins about opinion, man, good, good luck

In man there is an endless line of people.

In man there is an endless line of people.

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about people, man

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that...

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about nature

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over...

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

Quote by Charles Babbage

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about past, respect

When the line started to blur between the fans and the...

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about things

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about nation, people, human imperfections, good, good luck

I want to have a line of sportswear for the dogs!

I want to have a line of sportswear for the dogs!

Quote by Oksana Baiul

I'm working really hard on my clothing line, but if I...

I'm working really hard on my clothing line, but if I would want to skate on Champions On Ice I'll be able to do both.

Quote by Oksana Baiul

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a...

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British Crown Forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.

Quote by Gerry Adams about force, death

I always wonder about these fragile lines of demarcation....

I always wonder about these fragile lines of demarcation. If I hadn't known I was loved and cherished, what would have happened to me?

Quote by Armand Assante about irony, miracle

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sweet Science' at New Line and that didn't happen. That was a boxing movie. And between all that there were a couple of other things.

Quote by Danny DeVito about couple, science, things, time

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the...

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

Quote by Glenn Close about writing, actors, good, good luck

The goal set by Hans Primas was the usage of random noise for the excitation of nuclear magnetic resonance, following the famous concepts of Norbert Wiener for the stochastic testing of non-linear systems.

Quote by Richard Ernst about purpose

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.

Quote by William Falconer about order, being

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you...

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Quote by Bill Gates about end, idea

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is...

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

Quote by Federico Fellini about word, common sense, sense, bad luck, real estate, bad

I was comfortable. I knew we weren't Rockefellers, but it was never an issue because we went to places we needed to go - Coney Island, we went on the Circle Line, we had Central Park. There were things you could do without tons of money.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about money, things

Nobody's that cool. It was just a character I made up. I...

Nobody's that cool. It was just a character I made up. I was more along the lines of, Acting must be in the genes, and Who the hell is Henry Fonda?

Quote by Peter Fonda about hell, character

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about football, name, word, day

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