Verbatim: Jun. 23, 2003

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"She died in my hands." ELIYAHU SHMUELI, a Jerusalem city employee, describing his vain attempt to rescue a burning woman from a bus obliterated by a Palestinian suicide bomber in Jerusalem; 17 people died

"It is time to reassess our policy toward a military dictatorship that has repeatedly attacked democracy and jailed its heroes." COLIN POWELL, Secretary of State, in an op-ed column on the repression of dissidents by the military junta that rules Myanmar, the former Burma

"There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media." HANS BLIX, retiring chief U.N. weapons inspector, speaking of his Washington detractors in an interview. He later said he was referring not to the Bush Administration but to "private individuals"

"He told me to stay strong and don't give up. It's something that happens to people. It'll go away." SAMMY SOSA, Chicago Cubs slugger, on what Bill Clinton told him about how to weather the controversy surrounding his use of a corked bat during a game

"The city would be gutted if he left." GEMMA EDWARDS, 20, salesclerk in downtown Manchester, England, on the Manchester United soccer team's offer to trade David Beckham to Barcelona for a $50 million transfer fee

"I'm going to tell all. Whoo-ee, there are going to be a lot of nervous people around here." TRENT LOTT, Republican Senator from Mississippi who was ousted as majority leader, about the book he's thinking of writing

"I thought it was a private matter." ROB CAMPOS, contestant on NBC's For Love or Money, about why he didn't tell the network that he had been expelled from a military-training program for groping a colleague's breasts

"It is part of our history. It's kind of a relic. A survivor." DAVID SUNDMAN, president of the Littleton Coin Co. in New Hampshire, about the $2 bill, which the U.S. government is considering printing for the first time in seven years

Sources: AP; Chicago Sun-Times; Guardian; New York Times (2); Smoking Gun; Wall Street Journal; Washington Post