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"Good and evil were fighting in my heart, and at last, good defeated evil."
Huang Yong,
confessed Chinese serial killer, on why he let a potential 18th victim get away

"He's just an uncomfortable man to be around."
Richard M. Nixon,
then-U.S. President, discussing Ronald Reagan, in a newly released tape of a conversation in the White House

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"No country ... no matter how it tries to scare or block us, can stop [us] from holding the referendum."
Chen Shui-bian,
Taiwan's President, rebuffing U.S. President George W. Bush's opposition to a possible plebiscite in Taiwan

"I can still hear her screams."
Musarrat Sahu, Pakistani father who strangled his daughter to death for falling in love with the son of a feuding branch of their family

"It could be extremely upsetting for a child who does not receive the requested presents to believe that s/he has been too naughty."
Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa,
on why it forbade the country's post office from inviting children to write to Santa Claus