Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff. -Mariah Carey, pop singer
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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." -Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.

"The police are not here to create disorder. They're here to preserve disorder." -Former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968 Democratic Party convention

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. -Former French President Charles de Gaulle

I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. -David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations he failed to pay his taxes.

The Internet is a great way to get on the Net. -Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. -Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas. -Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery

Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana ... The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are. -Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show, August 22

Half this game is ninety percent mental. -Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark

They're multi-purpose. Not only do they put the clips on, but they take them off. -Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the company charged the Air Force nearly $1,000 for an ordinary pair of pliers.

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. -Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe. -Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of Philadelphia

The president has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. -Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on "Larry King Live".

That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it. -A congressional candidate in Texas

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. -General William Westmoreland, during the war in Vietnam.

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