Things They wish They Had NOT Said ~~~~
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Question: If you could live forever,
would you and why?
Answer: I would not live forever, because
we should not live forever, because
if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live
forever, but we cannot
live forever, which is why I would not live forever.
*Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss Universe contest
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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest
crime rates in the country.
*Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC
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I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of
my body.
*Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward
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Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids
all over the world,
I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like
that but not with all those
flies and death and stuff.
*Mariah Carey Pop singer
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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through
our papers. We are the president."
*Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed
documents
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The police are not here to create disorder. They're here
to preserve disorder."
*Former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968
Democratic Party convention
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China is a big country, inhabited by many CHINESE.
*Former French President Charles de Gaulle
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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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The Internet is a great way to get on the Net.
*Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were
before.
*Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from
overseas.
*Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery
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We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.
*Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
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Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some
of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana... The researchers also
discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what
they are.
*Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show, August 22
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"It's like an alcatraz around my neck."
*Boston mayor Menino on the shortage of city parking
spaces
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Half this game is ninety percent mental.
*Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark
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They're multipurpose. Not only do they put the
clips on, but they take them off.
*Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the
company charged the Air Force nearly $1,000 for an ordinary pair of pliers
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It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
*Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
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I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only
regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could
converse with those people.
*Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment.
It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
*Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
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Thanks Peggy! - Oak
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