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The next chapter is likely to provoke many mathematicians. This can't be helped. Mathematics is not what they think it is.

David Deutsch

If in this film, it can provoke a little more discussion about where we've come from on 9/11 and where we're going to. Then I'll be proud.

Paul Greengrass

The mainland will not agree to maintaining the status quo then. Talks will be on reunification ... We can't let Taiwan provoke us every day.

Xu Shiquan

In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility.

Master Jin Kwon

The IRS receives [copies of] those automatically [from your employer and brokerage firm], so if your return doesn't include them you could provoke an audit.

Jeffrey Kelson

What this charge is saying is that if you commit a felony and during the course of that felony, you provoke a deadly confrontation and some is killed, you can be held liable.

Lt. Loyd Baker

For Orangemen to come up and provoke us, march around the corner doing 'God Save the Queen' in a 100 percent nationalist village -- it's not acceptable.

Sean O'neill

The cartoons have showed us that they had tried to provoke anger by Muslims.

Ismail Yusanto

Testimony showed my client (Copeland) didn't have anything to drink. My client did not provoke this fight.

Richard Patton

Through this inaugural competition, GDC and the CG Society aim to promote the professional development and recognition of the art and artists of games. We are excited to focus on rewarding excellence in original art, since that dovetails with the focus of the GDC to provoke creativity in all elements of game creation.

Jamil Moledina

This appears to be directly related to the testimony he gave in regard to his treatment by the DOC. He doesn't believe he did anything to provoke an attack like that.

John Lachance

In this world one must be like everybody else if he doesn't want to provoke scorn or envy or jealousy.

Mark Twain

They are not ... being punished by the [presidential] administration - they are people who provoke those conflicts.

Lidiya Yermoshina

The goal of these so-called 'observers' is to provoke conflict situations during the election campaign and destabilize the situation in the country.

Andrei Popov

They're pretty standard life events. If people are familiar with triggers that provoke their anger, they are in a better place to do something different.

Sheri Miller

What we have been doing here in our country is nothing new and far from accepted norms and practices that should provoke the hue and cry that we are witnessing these days.

Ramesh Nath Pandey

We're proceeding on a provocative-act murder theory. If you do something that can provoke a lethal response, you're liable for the crime partner's death.

Jon Hopkins

My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body image and female sexuality.

Andrea Anderson

It's a fascinating story to adapt and essentially it's a great opportunity to entertain and provoke conversation.

Aaron Howard

Speakers like Sen. Edwards provoke, inspire and foster dialogue in a way that complements students' experiences at the University and in their academic training.

Susan Mayer

We've grown up together, so there's no b------- in our relationship. We test each other, and provoke each other into trying new things.

Dave Mckean

The 'H.M.S. Pinafore' is popular because it's funny. It feels good in its own time. That way it can provoke laughter, when we can translate it to another time and place.

Vince Liotta

Repression will provoke rebellion.

Hugh Williamson

Our aim is not to provoke confrontation ... However, every deliberate act of non-compliance or any criminal activity will be dealt with swiftly and robustly.

Robin Clifford

The bone has lost its blood supply and died off. It's why it wasn't getting better. The bone will be drilled to provoke some bleeding, which in turn produces a healing response.

Mary Toomey

This is a document that's designed to provoke longer-range thinking on the part of the leadership here. It's the kind of questions that I'm glad to see that are being asked in the administration.

Jim Turner

The surviving victim said they didn't do anything to provoke the shooting — they had just gone up there, killing time at the end of the evening.

Inspector Dennis Maffei

These rains could overflow rivers and provoke flooding and even mudslides.

Jose Ramon Salinas

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.

Ernst Fischer