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    Yemen has a great history of a civil war between the north and the south. The country was only recently reunited, back in 1990. You have about 16 to 17 million people; you have about 50 million guns. It's basically a country that is pretty trigger happy. It's very generous, very hospitable to foreigners, but on the other hand, there's always that element of risk.

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Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin read more

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

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A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

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What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.

What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.

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(The impression is) that Dade County is like Alice in Wonderland where up is down, down is up, ... As read more

(The impression is) that Dade County is like Alice in Wonderland where up is down, down is up, ... As soon as you drift out of Dade County you find that the Alice in Wonderland world ends at the Dade-Broward line.

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On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station read more

On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles.

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It's going to take us three or four weeks to learn how to play under pressure. Even if you have read more

It's going to take us three or four weeks to learn how to play under pressure. Even if you have to wait till the last few minutes if you keep passing it around and don't give it away to easily then things will finally open up. When you start to relax and keep possession and wait for your opportunities goals will come.

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It's like they said let's put a Post-it note on a turtle and then sit back and say we did read more

It's like they said let's put a Post-it note on a turtle and then sit back and say we did our duty.

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Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

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I really have never bought into that San Francisco game, and maybe players might have a different view, ... My read more

I really have never bought into that San Francisco game, and maybe players might have a different view, ... My feeling coming out of that game, as heartbreaking as it was, was that I thought we were pretty good.

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