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"We must loudly tell each of you, gay friends, if you live in Taipei city we will not commit any discrimination or harassment against you."
Ma Ying-jeou,
Taipei 's Mayor, during an event hailed as the first gay-pride parade ever to be held in a Chinese city

"My wife says I use the hand phone so much that my brain is damaged."
Eric,
a Singaporean man who lost $191,000 in a Nigerian e-mail scam

"Like smashing the pot when the milk in it is churning into butter, the Sri Lankan President has sabotaged the peace process at a crucial time."
V. Karuna,
a top Tamil Tiger military commander, on the President's decision last week to suspend Parliament and declare martial law

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"Nature will become angry if we are arrogant."
Megawati Sukarnoputri,
Indonesian President, after a flash flood blamed on deforestation killed more than 100 people in North Sumatra province

"I don't care what the other candidates say. I don't think OutKast is really breaking up. Andre 3000 and Big Boi just cut solo records, that's all."
General Wesley Clark,
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate, in a 30-second campaign ad on MTV targeted at young voters