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Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin. Ron Fournier
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Our message is: Learn from history and end religious-based repression. Jacob Reitan
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Statesmen think they make history; but history makes itself and drags the statesmen along. Will Rogers
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Spice: The History of a Temptation ... maddeningly disorganized but intriguingly varied and rarely dull.
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Some Japanese politicians stick to their wrong view of history and try to justify their country's past military misdeeds. Those Japanese politicians should stop their fallacies, give up their wrong views, and return to the right track of mending fences.
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Our victory will open a new page in the history of Ukraine. We are ready to work together with any political party. Viktor Yanukovych
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Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed. Bernard Beckett
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Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. Bernard Berenson
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I think they're professionals and they're going up there and looking for something and trying to hit it. I don't think they're thinking too much about the history of us, but if they are and it can work to my advantage, that's great. Brad Lidge
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Physicians are providing a service, so it's up to them to provide an environment that's welcoming and comforting, not dull and depressing. Tim Smith
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He didn't pull anything. It just felt strange to him. It was not a knifelike pain, just a dull ache. He has some scar tissue back there, and it could be he popped some of that, which would be a good thing. Ned Yost
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I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring. Joaquin Phoenix
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Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him. James Bryce
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Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him.
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I expect a dull market here, especially given uncertainty in the Iraq war.
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He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others. Samuel Foote
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He had a lively way of living and enjoyed every moment. He made touring fun. There was never a dull moment, with jokes and a lot of laughs. Randy Jackson
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The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.
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Part of me says maybe it's time for a change. Jim Haslett
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Statistically it's probably one out of a hundred, so that means there's ten out there. Maybe twenty. Guy Kawasaki
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Overall, I think I proved I should be the No. 1 pick. I thought I maybe could have pushed a 4.29 out of there, but overall I'm pretty happy. Reggie Bush
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(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.
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Planning the nursery comes soon enough, maybe at the same time. Don't do both.
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Maybe our team was a little star struck. But the turnovers had more to do with the size differential and the quickness differential. Nancy Wilson
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Maybe on third down, that's where we need to be looking. He always delivers. Charlie Whitehurst
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Maybe one practice day wasn't quite what we wanted, Frank Beamer
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Maybe it's a reaction to going overboard in the 1980s and 1990s, but I sense a lot of people are moving away from materialistic things (and) toward more thoughtful and meaningful holidays.