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March 12, 2004

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"What is the question again?"
Altaf Hossain Chowdhury
Home Minister after journalists asked for his reaction to an ongoing movement where students at the DU were demanding his resignation.

“I don't buy it.”
Hans Blix
Former UN chief weapons inspector
declaring the war on Iraq unlawful.

“Nobody comes inside and checks our things. We do it ourselves.”
General Parvez Musharraf
Pakistani President
rejecting the UN's request to supervise the country's nuclear programme.

“They are like the Taliban. They are the vegetarian Taliban.”
Veronica Atkins
Widow of American high-protein diet doctor Robert Atkin after a pro vegetarian physicians' group obtained her husband's medical records and released them to the press.

“I have heard it before. But it bears repeating: we're electing a president, not a priest.”
Monica Lewinsky
Former White House intern on an unsubstantiated rumour that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry had an extramarital affair.


QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <[email protected]>


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