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I was provoked by Tim Cahill and accept that by the rules, my reaction was a red card offense. I want to apologize to my teammates, and all I can say is that I will learn from this experience.

Francesc Fabregas

(Also), the fact that businessmen carried on not just working under Japanese occupation, but producing critically needed war material for the Japanese war effort. This hadn't been revealed before, and it was the single aspect of the book that provoked the most controversy in Britain when it came out.

Bernard Wasserstein

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

Alvin Toffler

DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. Sir Lavender Portwine, in favor at court, Was wroth at his master, who'd kissed Lady Port. His anger provoked him to take the king's head, But duty prevailed, and he took the king's bread, Instead. G.J.

Ambrose Bierce

The 2006 budget crisis is looming, provoked by the fiscal policies of the Bush Cheney Regime, ... The Vortex of Bushonomics, The Downward Spiral & The Coming 2006 Budget Crisis.

Al Martin

Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering "who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?" After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.

Chuck Berry

Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s.

Peter Lewis Allen

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

James Boswell

They will certainly fight the Indians if provoked. There's no question about that.

Robert Oakley

The government provoked the rebels to break the peace. But we will continue to urge all parties to maintain peace.

Arjun Narsingh

[Four days later, he still refused to be provoked.] As the great Don Quixote said, ´Let the dogs bark. It's because we are moving forward,' ... If something happens to my physical person, you will know who to blame: George W. Bush.

Hugo Ch

People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling.

Ahmed Ali

Remain calm, even when intimidated or provoked by those who are desperately determined to rig the elections and plunge the country into civil war.

Mwai Kibaki

What she said seemed to matter. She provoked response, discussion, arguments. She was so passionate.

Leonard Maltin

Today, the U.S. Congress declares America's independence from hanging chads, butterfly ballots and a broken outdated election system that nearly provoked a constitutional crisis two years ago.

Steny Hoyer

More than 90 percent of the forest fires are provoked, either through negligence or by intention.

Cristina Narbona

Mike Tyson was provoked and verbally and physically attacked. His actions were justifiable.

Mel Sachs

We've made our point clear. Now is the time to protect our people. We've been very fortunate to not have been provoked so far, but that danger is always there. . . . Now that we know people are listening to us, we have to be responsible in our decisions, we can't always put people out in the streets.

Jim Delgado