"Somebody must shut him up."
Fabio
Mussi
Italian MP, reacting to newspaper reports in which prime minister
Silvio Berlusconi was quoted as saying, "Mussolini never
killed anyone. He used to send people on holiday within the
borders of the country."
"I'll
have a cup of tea."
Sharabanu, 97
after she was pulled from the rubble, seven days after
the earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam.
"My
brothers and sisters, I have chosen to appear before you to
offer my deepest regrets and unqualified apologies to a traumatised
nation."
Abdul Quadeer Khan
Palestine's top nuclear scientist while apologising
on state television for leaking atomic weapons secrets to Libya,
Iran and North Korea.
"Police
can be imported from abroad to tackle the rising terrorism."
Nurul Islam, BSC
an Awami League Leader from Chittagong, talking about
the rise in abduction incidents in Chittagong.
"I have forgiven him"
Parvez Mosharraf
President of Pakistan, gave his decision to Abdul Quadeer
Khan's appeal for forgiveness for his involvement in smuggling
nuclear technology and information to a few countries.
"Dhaka
is the capital of Bangladesh and Chittagong is the capital of
terrorism."
Iqbal Bin Yakub
a leader of four party alliance in Fatikchori, expressing
his reaction to the rising abduction incidents in Chittagong.
"I
will ask Japan to open its market to us if they have no reason
(to shut Thailand out). If not, that means they are not fair
and I will ask them to steam their Toyota cars before exporting
them here."
Thailand's Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook
on Japan's refusal to import Thai poultry even though it has
received WHO clearance.
"They
(AL) have become … crazy sensing their future as the four-party
alliance government initiated massive development programmes
in the century which have also attracted the foreign development
partners."
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
while urging AL to join the Parliament and talk about
their demands and other issues in the House, at a public meeting
in Naserabad, Pirojpur.
"What
I've sort of concluded to myself is that when I step on the
court and I play my best tennis, can I still win? That's the
question I want to answer."
Andre Agassi
eight-time Grand Slam Champion at a telephone conference with
Reuters before the San Jose Open in February.
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