"I'm not going to have some
reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."
-Hillary Clinton
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"I invented the internet".
- Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President
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"I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist
temple."
- Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President when asked about his illegal fundraising
activities that took place in a Buddhist temple.
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"Those who survived the San
Francisco earthquake said, "Thank God, I'm still alive." But, of course,
those who died, their lives will never be the same again."
- Barbara Boxer, Senator
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"I don't think the Republicans
can damage my character"
- Bill Clinton, former U.S. President
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"You know the one thing that's
wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say."
- Bill Clinton, former U.S. President
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"The internet is a great way
to get on the net."
- Bob Dole, Republican presidential candidate
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"I get to go to lots of overseas
places, like Canada."
- Britney Spears, Pop Singer
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"China is a big country, inhabited
by many Chinese."
- Charles De Gaulle, former French President
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"Any person who shall lead
or drive a bear upon any highway shall be fined not more than $50."
- Connecticut General Statutes, Section 6215
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"And now the sequence of events
in no particular order."
- Dan Rather, television news anchor
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"I haven't committed a crime.
What I did was fail to comply with the law."
- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to
pay his taxes.
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"Chemistry is a class you
take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or
something."
- Dennis Rodman, NBA Basketball player, on Chicago Bull's team chemistry being
overrated
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"What we have is two important
values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns and
a healthy democracy. You can't have both."
- Dick Gephardt, Missouri representative
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"How can a guy this politically
immature seriously expect to be president?"
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., assessing John F. Kennedy's chances in the 1960
U.S. election
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"Yes, maam? Right here, this
lady. No, she! Yes, right, second row. Next to the guy in the blue shirt, holding
her left hand up. It's a he? Sorry about that. Gotta be careful. I'm very sorry.
Go ahead! I'm, excuse me, I'm very sorry. Go, ah, I, a thousand apologies, go
ahead."
- George Bush Sr., Former U.S. President, at a press conference
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"We're going to move left
and right at the same time."
- Jerry Brown, Governor of California
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"The word 'genius' isn't applicable
in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
- Joe Theisman, quarterback and sports analyst
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"I have no political ambitions
for myself or my children."
- Joseph P. Kennedy, 1936
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"I don't think that Saddam
Hussein is deliberately starving his own people. I would think that a man who
gets 99 percent of the people to vote for him in an election and the people
love him so much, how would they love a man that is starving them?"
- Louis Farrakhan, Leader of The Nation of Islam
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"If you take out the killings,
Washington actually has a very low crime rate."
- Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.
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"Listen, everyone is entitled
to my opinion."
- Madonna