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• In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940.

  Jon Meacham

  Determination, War, Circles

  Jon Meacham (2003). “Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship”, p.58, Random House

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• The crisis in Ukraine is all the European Union's fault. Its leaders negotiated a trade deal with Ukraine, which essentially blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia.

  Marine Le Pen

  Country, Russia, Ukraine

  "​Crisis in Ukraine is ‘all EU’s fault’ – France’s Marine Le Pen". www.rt.com. September 6, 2014.

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• Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

  Halle Berry

  Hollywood, Example, Growing

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• I am not a good shot. Few of us are. To make up for this I hold my fire until I have a shot of less than 20 degrees deflection and until I'm within 300 yards. Good discipline on this score can make up for a great deal.

  John C. Meyer

  Fire, Discipline, Yards

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• We can now say with considerable confidence that the Bible is not a history of anyone's past.... The Bible's "Israel" is a literary fiction... Not only have Adam and Eve and the flood story passed over to mythology, but we can no longer talk about a time of the patriarchs. There never was a "United Monarchy" in history and it is meaningless to speak of pre-exilic prophets and their writings... The Bible deals with the origin traditions of a people who never existed as such

  Thomas L. Thompson

  Bible, Writing, Past

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• As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.

  George Soros

  Fall, Investing, Financial

  George Soros (1994). “The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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• For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or it, may or may not be inclined, or even able, to do very much about us and our world, even if he (or it) wanted to ... all you can do is send off a message, like a marooned sailor scribbling a note and putting it in a bottle, on the off-chance that someone out there might pick it up. That kind of prayer takes a good deal of faith and hope. But it isn't Christian prayer.

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Prayer, Our World

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• I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  Father, Support, Drug

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• If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  Country, Order, Numbers

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• Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability

  Timothy Geithner

  War, Thinking, Want

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• I...am an evolved being who deals solely with the source of light...in all of us in our own minds. No middleman required.

  Bill Hicks

  Light, Mind, Source

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• As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Motive, Terror, Lubrication

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• I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.

  Brett Favre

  Sports, Jobs, Done

  "Sunday Conversation" with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening, because they're not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet.

  Stephen King

  Girl, Running, Hot And Cold

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• It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops.

  Ed McBain

  Character, Squad, People

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• Is there a design in the events of our lives? Or do things just happen, much like a junk yard falling down a staircase? If it's the latter, how do you deal with it?

  James Lee Burke

  Fall, Design, Junk

  James Lee Burke (2008). “The Tin Roof Blowdown”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can we rise above it? This is the stuff of great stories.

  Robert Crais

  Drama, Past, Childhood

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• You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is.

  Robert B. Parker

  Do The Best, Consequence

  Robert B. Parker (2013). “A Catskill Eagle (A Spenser Mystery)”, p.171, Hachette UK

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• Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Winning, Bigs, Nobel

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• Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Abortion, Hollywood, Half

  "Cynthia Nixon: Abortion debate's new voice". Interview with Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. December 21, 2009.

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• When you first get into television it is a big deal, then you realize you are no better than anyone else, we just have a platform to use, to help other people. I use that platform for the work I do in the military, the work I do with cancer because I was fortunate enough to get that platform.

  Robert Irvine

  Military, Cancer, Helping Others

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• Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal with religious matters in a responsible and balanced way, and to focus on their common grounds.

  Alcee Hastings

  Religious, Moving, Political

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• There ain't no rules here, we're trying to accomplish something...All this talk about rules...When the deal goes down...we make 'em up as we go along.

  Alcee Hastings

  Trying, Ems, Accomplish

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• I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.

  Adrian Peterson

  Men, Parent, Way

  "Statement From Adrian Peterson". www.vikings.com. September 15, 2014.

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• I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad.

  Glenn Frey

  Nice, Artist, Thinking

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