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"We are not talking about concessions. It is clarification."
Regina Ip, Hong Kong Secretary for Security, on a government decision to ease provisions of an antisedition bill

"We saw it coming across the sky real bright and shiny and all in one piece. Then it broke up in about six pieces—they were all balls of fire."
Doug Ruby, who was driving in Texas when he saw debris from the space shuttle Columbia as it broke up on re-entry

"They will be received with bullets, not flowers."
Tariq Aziz,Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, on the response to a U.S. attack

"When I look at my pictures—and I actually look pretty there—and see people stomping on them, I feel like ... a volcano about to explode."
Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian President, reacting to demonstrators in Jakarta

"I'm tired of being labeled anti-American because I ask questions."
Susan Sarandon, actress, voicing her opposition toward war in Iraq at a London film premiere