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Two golfers quoted by a weekly magazine as making disparaging remarks about Tiger Woods and his marriage said Thursday night they never spoke to the publication.
Some reaction to President Barack Obama's plans for the Afghanistan war:
"I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone." Tiger Woods, in a statement following a cover story in Us Weekly magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with him.
What would you tell lawmakers about overhauling health care? People participating in discussion groups related to an Associated Press poll of Americans shared the messages they would deliver.
A selection of comments from ceremonies, remembrances of the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
"We are going to attack the terrorists, the miscreants over there who are disturbing the state and damaging the peace. Wherever they will be, we will follow them. We will pursue them. We will take them to task." — Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira in a statement after the Pakistani military launched two airstrikes on suspected militant targets in South Waziristan, killing at least five insurgents.
"It is a time to address this imbalance. It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country." — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaking to the International Olympic Committee before the committee chose Rio de Janeiro as the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Brazil had argued that it was unfair that South America has never hosted the games.
Comments from family members, politicians and others on the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy from brain cancer Tuesday:
Some excerpts from speeches by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Some memorable quotes from former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung:
"In the intelligence business, we always used to categorize information in two ways, secrets and mysteries. Mysteries were those where there were too many variables to predict. And I think that how long U.S. forces will be in Afghanistan is in that area." — Defense Secretary Robert Gates, speaking at a Pentagon news conference.
"Nobody's the boss or the occupier." — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the ground-level relationship between U.S. and Iraqi forces.
Some quotes from witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court:
Comments on Michael Jackson on the day of his memorial service:
"The pursuit of power is no longer a zero-sum game. Progress must be shared." — President Barack Obama speaking in Russia.
Excerpts from statements made by victims of Bernard Madoff's financial fraud. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday.
Kaffir BoyStudy guide for The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane.
Hamlet - Study ResourceStudy resources for Hamlet: Explaining Hamlet's angst and indecision about how to avenge his father's death.
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movie Quotes (Musical Montage)"This is a musical montage I put together based on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies Quotes. The list was made in 2005 and was first aired on CBS as a special to commemorate the 100 greatest quotes as voted by 1500 critics, artists, and historians.
Newsweeks top 10 quotesSome very memorable quotes, now that I heard them again. I thought memorable quotes were ones you didn't have to hear again to remember.
To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes - ShmoopShmoop's guide to To Kill a Mockingbird quotes. Boatloads of To Kill a Mockingbird quotes analyzed by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley.
To Kill a Mockingbird - ResourcesCheck out the wonderful collections of resources for To Kill a Mockingbird on Shmoop.
"We are what we eat." Probably the most often heard truism about food and cooking around these days. Some folks say it originates from the Aruyveda, the ancient Indian science of life, "You are what you eat" and its teachings of attaining a balance in one's diet.
"I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay?" Denis Leary "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke." Groucho Marx
Buddha Space: Signs: The Wisdom of Ajahn Chah"Any speech that ignores uncertainty is not the speech of the sage."
"Grab a mop... That's a socialist mop.""What I reject is when some folks say we should go back to the past policies when it was those very same policies that got us into this mess in the first place.
CNN's Sanchez Apologizes for Running Fake Limbaugh QuoteAt least someone on the left is willing to apologize to Rush for circulating false quotes.
The Nature Of Humanity Is To Change NatureFuturist Ray Kurzweil has a simple response to people concerned that technology gives us the chance to alter nature: Nature is inherently flawed, and it's our duty as human beings to use technology to fix it.
An old friend of mine sent me these. She's a retired 2nd grade teacher, been collecting quips and quotes like these for decades, and I'd believe her if she told me some were from her classes!
Motivational PowerPoint Slide Show - You Have The Courage To Be Great!INSPIRING QUOTES...
"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion." [G.K.Chesterton]
I just posted a comment on an article and then joked about being old. But the truth is as the saying goes " age is just a number" or the other one "you are only as old as you feel". I like the last one because in a week I can be all different ages.
Pray For Smart; Plan For Stupid! If you can't dazzle them with Brilliance; baffle them with Bulls___! Say what you mean; mean what you say; don't be mean when you say it!
Daily Dharma, July 28th, 2009 - We're All PrisonersWe're all prisoners of life and death. The question is, What kind of prisoners do we want to be?
"We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans." ----Bill Clinton, USA Today on 3/11/93, pg.2a
"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies & competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth & falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." ---- John F.
Daily Dharma, June 26th, 2009 - Choosing HarmonyAs thinking human beings, we can choose not to act and speak in a manner that is demeaning or shameful. (cont.)
Sunbeams : quotes for JuneSoft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence. Hermann Hesse
After hanging around the third rock from the sun for 45 years I've come to a few conclusions about life and the world. Just my opinion of course. Many I really believe to be true. Many are just questions I have that there are probably no good answers to.
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