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• As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress we are making.

  Christopher Bond

  Blow, Iraq, Progress

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• I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Writing, Contemporary Fiction, Voice

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• I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

  Aaron Neville

  Awards, Cardinals, Chosen

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• We've heard this before; 'things are bad, we are gonna fix them,' and they remain unfixed.

  Fred Upton

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• The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

  Tom Lantos

  Iran, Community, Leader

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• Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working.

  Benmont Tench

  Sometimes, Feels

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• Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Politics, Accepting, Invoke

  The Times, October 4, 1960.

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• Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

  Gene Wolfe

  Change, Echoes, Tanks

  Gene Wolfe (1986). “Soldier of the Mist”, p.114, Macmillan

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• I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

  Toni Braxton

  Mom, Mother, Kids

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Mom, Mother, Giving Up

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• All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Venice, Gold

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ...”, p.57

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• All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Praying, True Faith

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• I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

  Maya Angelou

  Grateful, Praying, Wonderful

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 25, 2015

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• You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

  Walter Annenberg

  Tape, Saddened, Shocked

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• A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

  Jane Austen

  Happiness, Inspiring, Happy

  'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 22

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• I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do say that they have a problem I don't know that I believe 'em.

  Glenn Beck

  Party, Believe, People

  "Tea Party Candidate Shakes Up Texas Race". "Talk of the Nation", www.npr.org. February 24, 2010.

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• When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

  David Bowie

  Mean, Fire, World

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• The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

  Cyril Connolly

  Art, Fall, Dark

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  I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

  Ella Fitzgerald

  Music, Horny, Horns

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• It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.

  Amber Heard

  Bravery, Amber

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• Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

  Amber Heard

  Sweet, Charming Smile, Age

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• I've got a soft spot for true individuals.

  Amber Heard

  Amber, Individual, Spots

  "Amber Heard: 'I'm a rebel'". Cover Media Interview, sg.news.yahoo.com. June 27, 2012.

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• It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

  Amber Heard

  Jobs, Character, Hollywood

  "SDCC 2010: Amber Heard DRIVE ANGRY 3D Interview". Interview with Hunter Daniels, collider.com. July 24, 2010.

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• I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.

  Amber Heard

  Amber, Body, Want

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