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open quoteNumb's the word.close quote

The 192nd edition of the Farmers' Almanac, released last week, predicting that this winter will bring above-average snowfall and lower than normal temperatures around the country

 
 
open quoteIf they're leaving, it is at a snail's pace.close quote

Commander of U.S. European Command Gen. John Craddock, on Russia's sluggish withdrawal from Georgia days after the European Union brokered a ceasefire in the embattled region

 
 
open quoteMy heart is heavy.close quote

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, on the unexpected death of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in the House. Tubbs Jones died Wednesday of a brain aneurysm.

 
 
open quoteWe've been dazzled, we've been impressed, we've been blown away by the Beijing Games —but we've not been intimidated.close quote

London mayor Boris Johnson, defending the site of the 2012 Summer Games when asked if London can live up to the spectacle in China

 
 
open quoteIt's not exactly 'Wine for Dummies'—it's more 'Wine for the Gullible'.close quote

Wine-industry consultant Tom Pirko, slamming Wine Spectator magazine for giving an "Award of Excellence" to a fake restaurant. Wine critic Robin Goldstein orchestrated the hoax.

 
 
open quoteIf you're hanging off the edge of a cliff by a rope, you don't want to look up and see Joe Lieberman.close quote

Former President Clinton adviser Paul Begala, bashing the Democrat turned independent senator from Connecticut for agreeing to speak at the Republican National Convention

 
 
open quoteI think—I'll have my staff get to you.close quote

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, expressing uncertainty when asked by a reporter how many houses he and his wife own

 
 
open quoteToday we have buried dictatorship forever.close quote

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, during a special session of the country's Parliament after President Pervez Musharraf resigned to avoid impeachment

 
 
open quoteI'm going to have cute boobs till I'm 90, so there's that.close quote

Emmy-nominated actress Christina Applegate, joking on "Good Morning America" about her double mastectomy, performed after she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 36

 
 

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