REGRETS ..."I have battled with the desease of alcoholism all my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse." Mel Gibson

KNOWLEDGE! "The only thing I know...that on one hand, he is very ill and, on the other hand, he is going to be coming out of the hospital..." President Bush on Fidel Casro's condition.

FRUSTRATION! “I think we have had enough discussions. The issues have been discussed all around… and it is time for decision…" Kofi Annan, the SG of the UN, discussing the M.E.’s cease-fire voting.

LOGIC! “The call to disarm Hezballah? This is a totally unreasonable demand.  It is illogical.” Hamid Riza Asefi, Spokesperson for Iranian Foreign Ministry 

DIGESTION... "Polls are like perfume: nice to smell, dangerous to swallow."  Shimon Peres, Former Israeli  Prime Minister, (about the declining popularity of PM Olmert).

EXTAVAGANCE "Marcy Lacy should be held accountable for the most extravagant and expensive DNA test in Colorado history." Gov. Bill Owens on John Mark Karr fiasco in the Jonbenet murder investigation.

SO .... WHAT DATE??? "I am not going to set up a precise date now... I will do that at a future date..." British PM Tony Blair, responding to the pressure on him to leave office.
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QUESTION? "How do you get a cease-fire with a terrorist organization?" John Bolton, US ambassador to the United Nations on Hezbollah.

MOTIVATION! "If the scandal hadn't happened I think we wouldn't have won the World Cup," Midfielder Gennaro Gattuso admitted.
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IGNORANCE! "Pope’s remarks about Islam is the result – of pitiful ignorance! He is a poor thing…" Salih Kapusuz, Deputy  Leader of Turkish PM"s  party AKP, regarding Pope’s remarks about Islam.

UPSET…"They have held him, accusing him of participating in terrorist act here... He didn't even participate in the patriotic rebellion!" Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, about the US authorities allegedly detaining his foreign minister.
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A REQUEST "It ain't  'cause I am partying everynight... It just seems like a good time of day" Jack Nicholson's instructions NOT to ring his dorbell before 10:00 AM in the morning.

REALIZATION... "Terrorism and militias can't be dealt with only using tanks, guns and aircraft...it's the wrong approach..." Nouri al maliki, Iraqi PM,  about the US forces in Iraq.

RULE NUMBER 1! "The only big mistake he did is, that he forgot Rule Number 1: one should not sleep with anyone who has less to lose than he does..."  Michael Caine to Daphne: No, not about Paul McCartney and his bitter divorce, but about Prez. Bill Clinton & Monica.
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MISUNDERSTANDING "The Russians had seemingly failed to understand that Litvinenko was under police supervision rather than in custody..."  Margaret Beckett, Brithish Foreign Secretary about Litvinenko investigation.

TRUTH...
"I don't have to believe it if I don't want to..." Novelist John O'Hara's reaction to the death of George Gershwin.

OBLIGATION "The government has a right to choose... after 30 days it will be an obligation to implement the sentence" High tribunal chief  judge Ares Abdul Razzaqal Shahin about Saddam Hussein's execution date

LOGIC! It has come at the end of a difficult year... but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain and defend itself..." President Bush after Saddam Hussein's execution
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HUMANITY: RIGHT...  "You are infringing my rights under the European Convention on Human Rights!!!"  Cherie Blair's answer re her, accepting cut-price designer cloths.

FRUSTRATION!   "You guys keep telling me, lighten up, be funny. You know, I get a little funny and now I am being psychoanalyzed..."  Hillary Clinton in Iowa

CORRESPONDENCE... "But believe me, I never made any proposals of marriage to anyone... I beg you to accept this public appology..."  Silvio Berlusconi's public appology - demanded (publicly) by his wife.
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PARENTAL INSTINCTS. "Anna liked to have fun with men, Dannielynn's father can be anyone upto 30 men..."  Prince Frederic von Anhalt,  Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, joining the men who may have fathered Anna's baby.

OBSERVATION…“People are so nice to you all of a sudden: when you are on your way out…” Tony Blair, opening his speech at the Labour Party conference, February 23rd. 2007.

DEMOCRACY! "One of the things that came out of this is the extend to which press was abused by this administration..." Former Amb. Joseph  Wilson, after the Libby's  conviction.
A PRAYER... "There were times when I was praying... I was doing things that were wrong. But I was still doing them." Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who criticized Bill Clinton about his extra marital affair.

FAILURE! "Due to open failure by the US to issue visas to President Ahmadinejad... he was prevented from attending the UN Security Council meeting" Hosseini, Iranian Spokesperson.
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POWER! "Congress's failure to fund our troops... 'd mean the military families 'd  wait for their loved ones to return..." President Bush, arguing Congress's vote regarding Iraq.

SELF ESTEEM... "All the time I feel I must justify my existence... what I have done is a mere pinprick..." Prince Charles in a recent interview.

OBVIOUS... "I am obviously very disappointed but my feelings towards Dannielynn have not changed!" Howard K. Stern about the court's ruling that he is not the father of Anna Nicole's daughter.

LEADERSHIP... "Most of the reams of stuff being written about the couple 'd turn out to be complete nonsense..." PM Tony Blair, commenting about Prince William's break-up from his girl friend.

CANDID! "I am not the youngest candidate. But I am the most experienced..." John McCain's "jump" to the presidential race.

IN CONTROL... "He is in charge... He is doing a lot of thinking."
Venezuelan Prez. Hugo Cahvez about 80th year old Castro.
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RETALIATION... "I wonder whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When I was here in 1776." Queen Elizabeth flashes some humor at President Bush's expense as her visit concludes.

LOYALTY... "Bush is a strong leader at a time when the world needs strong leadership!" Tony Blair, in his farewell visit to the White House.

CHALLENGE... "Let the secret service find that out, though this is the same country that thought there were weapons of mass destruction..." Harvey Weinstein about the search for Michael Moore's "Sicko" tapes.

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DEMOCRACY! "This great consensus shows the political maturity of Syria and the brilliance of our democracy and multi-party system." Syrian Information Minister about the victory of Bashar Assad, the only candidate in the elections.

REALITY "Government is not functioning. It is not getting the job done... Republicans need to confornt this reality!" Republican wannabe presidential candidate Newt Gingrich

LOGIC... "It just goes to show that... not Hollywood,  everyone goes to jail!"Nicole Richie about Paris Hilton's incarceration

FAITH! "God has released me... God has given me this new chance..."
Paris Hilton's comments from jail

CONFESSION! "I am afraid I found his books rather difficult...never managed to get to the end of any of them..."Jack Straw about Salman Rushdie's controversial knighthood.

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OPINION..."Britain today is a state that has gathered on its territory, scum,  swindlers, terrorists and poisoning suspect..."  Alexander Lugovoy, re: Russia is disputing UK's demand to extradite him.

OOPS... "I was wrong two years ago to insist the insurgency was in it's 'last' throes..." Dick Cheney, coming clean about his Iraq war strategy.
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GENEROSITY... "Forgiving, forgetting the past, and political  reconciliation is the need of the hour!"Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf about his political rivals' return to the country.
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EXPERTISE! "I believe that some of the talk arises from anger...  It also serves as a cover for policy failures..." Iranian President Ahmadinajad in NY, commenting on US policy.
FACTS... "...nothing to do with Dodi! ... neither could her physique at at a time before their relationship had began..." Lord Justice Scott Baker ruling out any possibility that Diana was pregnant from Dodi.
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TRUST! "That's why I have taped every conversation. You know the truth... You need to stand up..."  Heather Mills reveals she has recorded part of her marriage to Paul McCartney...
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CREDIBILITY... "I suggest that you have told over the years... series of lies about what happened in August 1997..." Richard Howell, QC a, rep for the Met Police, to jeweller Repossi, during the Diana Inquest.

WELL... "He is not in London only for  a regular medical check up...he is also suffering from exhaustion." A senior aide for Iraqi PM, regarding his current visit to London.
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ALERT! "There is a strong chance that you will learn about it after it is already done..."  President Sarkozy about the rumours of him marrying Carla Bruni.

OOCH... "I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them..."Caroline Kennedy  (a former Clinton friend) 's dramatic endorsement of Barack Obama.
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  PROBABILITY... "Next 9/11 plot would not be in Afganistan. I would say...yes, probably in Pakistan!" Bush predicting if and where there would be another 9/11 plot.
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HONESTY... "When Farakhan speaks black America listens... He didn't put me in chains, he didn't put me in slavery..." Reverend Jeremiah Wright, killing Barack Obama's presidential hope for ever?

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DIGNITY??? "The newspaper stole my image and my dignity... Now I will always be remembered for my private life... "Max Mosley, after winning privacy law suit against a British tabloidwhich documented his 'unconventional' sex orgies.

CLASS! "Yes, I admit I had an affair with a woman but I didn't love her... "John Edwards confirming at last the reports about his extra-marital affair.
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REAL ESTATE... "I will never surrender... Zimbabwe is mine! "Zimbabwe ruler Robert Mugabe in defiance of the West.
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