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If I do the right kind of a job, I don't know whether I am going to be here four years from now. -- John F. Kennedy (to Richard M. Nixon, right after the Bay of Pigs invasion, 1961).

John F. Kennedy

Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what's begun in anger ends in shame.

Benjamin Franklin

I think there would have been a time when the basic history would have been common knowledge. You could have been certain that when the king comes on at the beginning -- 'So shaken as we are, so wan with care' -- they know he's wan with care because the country's been in a state of perpetual civil war since he deposed the previous king, Richard II.

Nicholas Hytner

I know it's cold hearted, but once you've got (medical) proof of what's happened, you move on and Richard will move on.

Leigh Matthews

He was like Richard Nixon; he forgot he was taping himself, too.

Peter Knecht

It is very ambitious. NTL already has a lot on its plate. But from Richard Branson's point of view, it makes a lot of sense. It's extending the Virgin brand rather nicely.

Julian Hewett

It's a credit to (Richard) coming off the bench to hit those 3s. It's also a credit to the people that came in the game for her and gave us a chance to win it.

Wayne Harre

We have reached a settlement with CNN. The amount of the settlement is both confidential and, under the terms of the agreement, cannot be characterized, except for me to tell you that it was a monetary payment to Barbara Jewell, the mother, and Richard Jewell.

Colin Wood

So I've realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.

Richard Petty

Hunting is deeply ingrained in our folklore and heritage. Just like [former US president] Richard Nixon watched the Washington Redskins play football, here you go kill Bambi or some birds and you're part of one of the boys.

Thomas Myers

Hunting is deeply ingrained in our folklore and heritage. Just like Richard Nixon watched the Washington Redskins play football, here you go kill Bambi or some birds and you're part of one of the boys.

Thomas Myers

I liked Little Richard!

Wanda Jackson

We annually celebrate Mr. Jack's birthday in September across the world, but due to our affiliation with Richard Childress Racing and the millions of race fans across the country, we decided to kick off the celebration a little early with the fans at Bristol.

John Hayes

It's funny how many people have told me the race is over. It's a year out. It's way out, ... Santorum is one of those guys like Bill Clinton, like Richard Nixon, who will do anything to win.

Robert Maranto

The indictment of the vice president's chief of staff for perjury and obstruction of justice is an occasion to consider just how damaging the long public career of Richard Cheney has been to the United States.

James Carroll

I have felt bereft. The city Richard and I knew and loved, that city's gone, I think irrevocably.

Kristina Ford

I am delighted that Richard has agreed to join Lloyd's at such a critical time. [There] is much to do to improve efficiency and move to the next level.

Peter Levene

I wish I could go back and race against David Pearson and Richard Petty.

David Stremme

Drew really reminds me a lot of Richard Todd. Richard could make a great play one minute, then throw a bad pass the next. Drew is like that. He has a lot of talent but you don't know what you're going to get a lot of times from one quarter to the next or even one play to the next.

Joe Walton

Richard wanted me to play him aged 11 and 15, but as soon as he saw how tall I'd grown - I'm six foot two - he had a rethink and cast another boy as his younger self.

Nicholas Hoult

Richard is an outstanding leader and strategic thinker who has the experience and vision to grasp the challenges and opportunities facing BBC Children's. I am confident he will build the output and reputation of the department both nationally and internationally.

Alan Yentob

Richard Hatch is not a stupid man. He is the world's worst bookkeeper, bar none.

Michael Minns

At the end of the day, we do not see Rudman acting as the catalyst that pushes Congress into the portfolio limitations favored by the Administration and Senator (Richard) Shelby -- especially in light of the absence of new material accounting revelations.

Howard Glaser

Mayor (Richard) Daley's vision of a modernized O'Hare is moving full steam ahead, and this historic bond sale is another important milestone that has been reached as this critical project is implemented.

Rosemarie Andolino

Our crew has an impressive record of generosity. Once again, Bonhomme Richard has come to the aid of people in need. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families, and we hope this humble contribution will make a difference.

Stephen Greene

Well, Richard always is a colourful sort of sideshow, isn't he.

Chris Corrigan

You'd say Richard Gere, Paula.

Kathi Nahass

Santorum is one of those guys like Bill Clinton, like Richard Nixon, who will do anything to win.

Robert Maranto

That's for a week. Richard Branson [who runs Virgin Galactic] will be charging that for a five-minute flight.

Gene Meyers

That was huge. Richard had a little bit of his swagger back tonight.

Rick Stansbury

Richard will tell about how Tim had his wish granted and then turned it around.

Ann Stange

[Richard Bloch , an arbitrator based in Washington who worked on cases of NHL salary arbitration for a decade, said,] It's a good sign that they are meeting; we're all hoping there is a way out of it. ... I'm very much in favor of having these things done with attention to each other rather than public posturing. A lot gets done when it is done quietly and in good faith.

Richard Bloch

Mr. President [Richard Nixon], I love you, but you're wrong. (on the Vietnam War).

Paul Harvey

Some of us have learned to listen when Richard A. Clarke has something to say.

Gary Hart

I would personally think you would have to have lots of background experience or surround yourself with people who have experience and be able to delegate authority. I think Richard can do that. ... He's got his legal intelligence to deal with it.

Bobby Timmons

Richard and Janna have a great chemistry and they play off each other. Richard's humor and Janna's diving expertise make it as fun as it is informative.

Vallorie Hodges

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.

John N. Mitchell

Was grinning from ear to ear, saying, 'I'm number one, Richard'.

Richard Taylor

It is a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon, 'launder' became a dirty word.

William Zinsser

If you had to put all your money on one living poet whose work will be read in a hundred years, Richard Wilbur would be a good bet.

Christian Wiman

When we went to [the 4-3 defense], there were a lot negative plays. The defense gave them a lot of trouble with [Richard] Seymour and Jarvis.

Mike Vrabel

With Richard, he has no agenda other than promote mine safety. He's always been accessible to all sides.

George Ellis

In my view, this was a singular event in the history of nanotechnology, ... It not only created a whole new field of 'fullerene chemistry,' it immediately made feasible the notion of making things from the bottom up, just as physicist Richard Feynman had predicted 50 years earlier.

Neal Lane

Our guys competed their tails off. We gave ourselves a chance with the right people shooting the ball. If I were to make any excuses, it would be that Jason and Richard had to log a lot of minutes. Those minutes will catch up to your legs and affect shots at the end of a game.

Lawrence Frank

Anthony had one of his better days and he is peaking at the right time with sectionals and nationals coming up. Richard Hart has [also] made dramatic improvement for us over the last couple of weeks.

James Sweeney

[He said that Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut Attorney General, had interpreted marriage rates in a way inconsistent with normal anthropological procedures.] Supposedly, the controversy is over whether you count individuals or marriages, ... If you count it the way the AG wants, it is to the tribe's disadvantage. If you count individuals, it is to the tribe's favor. ... .

Steven Austin

[Help was at hand, however, in the person of McMillan, a Canadian stage star who has acted professionally in Pittsburgh before.] With Richard, we've [landed] on our feet, ... a great comic actor, a great physical actor, and very intelligent.

Thomas Kilroy

The Hilton is under contract, Richard Schlesinger is the buyer, and the price is more than $40 million.

Bill Meyer

We felt that Rich could handle him by himself, but didn't feel comfortable that we could guard him one-on-one without Richard.

Brian Metress

Second, it's important to bring Richard back to actually speak in the Dole Institute, which he was so instrumental in establishing.

Bill Lacy

If a man with a business brain like Richard Branson's felt the girls should take their clothes off, I knew it must be a winner [on the success of his nightclub].

Peter Stringfellow

[Richard Knight is homeless. He doesn't agree.] There's nothing I can do about this, ... I'm on hold and that's the most frustrating of all.

Richard Knight

You want to bet. I want to know who John Doe is, and Richard Roe, or we're leaving. Take your choice.

Hugh Keefe

I saw Richard Gere, and I just became curious.

Romeo Agyeman

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand up and say that is not down to me coaching on the field. You'd be better off asking Michael Foley and Richard Graham about that because they have been in charge, not me.

Brian Ashton

Richard is a winner. What he lacks in size, he makes up for in heart.

Chris Lachney

I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what Richard did, but that is typical of people in this sport.

Cale Yarborough

The girls are in a position now that when they do well, they are going to receive the attention. I think that everything that has been asked is all fair and good. I'm just extremely happy to have the opportunity to work with Richard Childress. He's first class.

Sarah Fisher

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

David Hawkins

The last few days it?s been Richard Seymour. That was a little different for me the first few times. I don?t think anyone handles Richard easily, but we?re getting there.

Logan Mankins

Keith, Richard and Jino have been pretty steady so far and one of my top players in Anthony Cook didn't play because he was sick. Next week he'll be all right. I'm pretty happy with some of our progress.

Jason Brown

Obviously when a national labor leader like Richard Trumka is sent to Kentucky, that indicates an act of desperation that they recognize the popularity of giving employees a choice.

Jodi Whitaker

CB Richard Ellis has a national presence and will be able to reach out to their vast network of offices to help us reach our goal of attracting jobs to New Mexico.

Mike Daly

This Morning specialises in magical TV doubles. We made Richard and Judy, Fern and Phillip and now it's Kate and Tim.

Gareth Williams

It would be nice to get to the point where I don't have to think about it any more. People slip up all the time and refer to me as 'she'. I've even done it once in a bar when a friend introduced me to someone and I said, 'Hi, I'm Vanda. Oh no I'm not. I'm Richard'.

Richard Curtis

Rather himself is counting on a reversal of public opinion in the future, hoping to rehabilitate himself, just like his old nemesis, Richard Nixon.

Brent Bozell

Richard Chamberlain was a joy to work with-extremely gracious-generous actor. I was thrilled to meet him. I have very fond memories of being madly in love with him during the time of The Thorn Birds.

Roma Downey

Richard had an excellent ear and knew exactly what a young artist needed to be singing ? or needed to be avoiding ? in order to make the most of a career. Of course, he was also helpful to them and to everybody because he had an encyclopedic knowledge of opera.

William Mason

We get Wally's car from the Richard Petty Driving Experience, ... We actually ran a Petty school paint scheme on the car at Indy and they've proven to be a great partner.

Sam Flood

This is the way the government apologizes. I view this letter as the government's apology to Richard Jewell.

Colin Wood

We wanted to include the most memorable people. Richard and Jonathan were both high on the list. Richard always elicits a reaction, one way or the other.

Andy Cohen

Richard could probably play at a push, but we have some big games coming up and it would be foolish to risk him. We had signed JB for such an eventuality and he joined us for training last night.

James Shanahan

I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is embarrassing - it means that when I was seven I had bad taste and was presumably gay.

Hugh Grant

Kyle and Richard are giving me an incredible opportunity to come home, back where I started my career, and I'm honored and excited to do that.

Jeff Green

Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it.

Cindy Crawford

When he was a workmate for Rock Hard Ten, he never gave up. I think that impressed Richard.

Jerry Moss

Bush is the most aggressive user of executive power since Richard Nixon.

Stephen Wayne

Richard Kline has made an indelible impression on the art of cinematography. He is an innovative artist who had the courage to explore and open new frontiers, and the talent to succeed in those endeavors.

Russ Alsobrook

My feeling was that, as much as Richard Dean Anderson is a beloved actor and character in the show, Ben is coming in with an established fan base from another show playing a great character, and he's just very enthusiastic to be there. Fun to work with. It looks very bright.

Richard Dean Anderson

Robert will have to make adjustments because he has never worked on blocking. He was a quarterback and is quite familiar with pass routes. He has decent hands. Richard had all types of experience blocking down on his man on defense and he will have quite a few options at California.

Bob Jacoby

Being associated with Richard Branson is going to be a plus. He's got a pretty good track record in everything he touches.

Jon Fredrikson

We are delighted and honored that Richard will be coming back. First, he is working on a book that might just win a Pulitzer Prize. This will be a 'sneak preview' of his important new book.

Bill Lacy

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

Gerald R. Ford

This is a golden moment for every president, and maybe particularly for Richard Nixon, because he had been written off as a washed-up politician, and here he is president-elect in 1968. When you are president-elect, you have the best of all worlds: the satisfaction of looking forward to being in office, but you don't have any of responsibilities of the office.

Fred Voss

Richard will have scans in the morning but it's got all the symptoms of another reconstruction.

Leigh Matthews

Richard was the King and did a tremendous job with fans and for NASCAR, so he was entitled to the 'King' title.

Bobby Allison

Um, Richard, what do you think of Tony Parker being named one of the 50 most beautiful people.

Tony Parker

If that was an indication the clutching and grabbing is going to be gone now. I really noticed it on the power plays. You know that crosscheck on the back? I didn't feel it. That'll really make a difference with Derian Hatcher, Richard Matvichuk, Chris Prong ... hold it. He's on our team now.

Ryan Smyth

I am pleased that when confronted with the overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing, Richard Saint Angel has chosen to withdraw his petition.

Patricia Myers

At the end, he was getting 10 grand a night, he was playing Richard Gere 's birthday party.

Matthew Johnson

I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences.

Buck Owens

We believe the league is very serious about the obstruction crackdown and the new rules put in place. That will make speed and skill very important. We felt Richard was one of the guys that fit into that category. He can change the game with his speed.

Dave Nonis

An appeal has been received from Richard Guest, but the matter is now on hold pending a security department investigation into potentially suspicious betting patterns relating to the horse.

Paul Struthers

Stay away from needle drugs. Richard Nixon is the only dope worth shooting.

Abbie Hoffman

You'll all recall that there was the arrest of the shoe bomber Richard Reid in December of 2001, and he was instructing the cell leader on the use of the same technique.

Fran Townsend

We struggled with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson but we found a way to help each other and I think we did a good job tonight.

Mehmet Okur

For what I lacked, (Richard Hendrix) was there. He was a good teammate for that.

Jermareo Davidson

Early is James Brown, Little Richard and Smokey Robinson rolled into one.

Harry Bryce

It's been something that we've anticipated since the summer time, when we heard Richard got the job.

Jason Grubb

It's really frustrating that Richard Perez is more concerned about being sued than he is about the water quality of our city.

Annalisa Peace

It won't ever be the same without him, but Des has always been a Countdown viewer and had a huge respect for Richard. In that we find great comfort.

Carol Vorderman

[President Richard Nixon had just signed the National Environmental Policy Act, and the government] wasn't paying much attention to the things required by that, ... We decided to see if we could enforce it.

Donald Harris

While Richard was listening to music in the basement, I was out playing baseball and football, and playing with my machine gun! I was very tomboyish, quite a character, I hear!

Karen Carpenter

We think that he is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, living American artist, and this piece and our commitment to Richard is a reflection of that.

Thomas Krens

Richard has a perfect storm of a problem, ... If rates go up, his appraisal business could go down, the value of all his properties go down, and his mortgage payments go up.

Bob Ryan

Richard Wallace was the first member of the family to behave in an altruistic manner. The first to take the responsibility associated with his wealth seriously.

Stephen Duffy

This Morning specialises in creating magical TV doubles. We made Richard and Judy, Fern and Phillip and now we're heading for a third with Kate and Tim.

Gareth Williams

This is an opportunity for Richard and Kevin to develop themselves still further in slightly different fields.

David Byas

They were pretty much the same play. On the first one, they left me to focus on Vince, and he did a good job of finding me. Vince, Richard, Jason (Kidd), they really command a lot of attention, and at that point of the game you're going to think that they're going to get the shot.

Clifford Robinson

Richard called one day and said, 'You know, I want to pitch this movie to you,'.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

If it turns out that something indisputably proved that this notorious killer was someone other than Walter Richard Sickert, I would be the first to offer congratulations and retract my accusations.

Patricia Cornwell

Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

Abbie Hoffman

There are many different kinds of comedians ... the observational humorist, the impressionist, the character creator, the physical comedian, the self-deprecator, the dirty-joke teller. What made Richard so brilliant is he was able to incorporate all these styles at once.

Damon Wayans

This is our 36th anniversary at our present location in West Hartford - which we plan to celebrate with a gala dinner honoring State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on June 25. We plan on being here for a long time, and we will continue to play an important role in the community.

Jason Wolfe

I am sure you will be guided right in your decision, to place implicit faith in his integrity and honesty. Best wishes from one who has known Richard longer than anyone else. His mother.

Hannah Nixon

For years, Richard Riordan funded the anti-abortion movement, supported anti-choice candidates and even called abortion murder. Now he says he's pro-choice.

Gray Davis

A lot of Richard Nixon's very dangerous and un-democratic tendencies were reinforced by the sounding board of his top aides, including people who went to jail, like his attorney general, John Mitchell, his top domestic aides, Erlichman and Haldeman.

Allan Lichtman

We gave Richard a run on the wing and he did very well.

Carolyn Jones

I'm always going to counsel and advise student-athletes in their best interest. Right now, Richard is in a position where he is expected to go on the first day of the draft, and he believes he's ready to start making a living in the NFL. I can't argue with that.

Pat Hill

We are thrilled that Richard Edgar has decided to continue his academic and athletic career at George Mason. Richard is an outstanding person with impeccable credentials as both a person and a student athlete.

Greg Andrulis

We were trying to kick it away from Graves and we kicked it over there to Chris Fountain, ... The next thing I know he's going up the sideline. I should have known better that that because his dad (Richard) was a pretty good athlete.

Derek Anderson

Richard has not been forthcoming in answering where the car was, what the car was doing away from the shop.

Elizabeth Smart

I remember how vocal and passionate Chicago's late Mayor Richard J. Daley was about dreaming when the day would come when businessmen could catch fish from the Chicago River during their lunch hour. Today that dream is true.

Ed Bohn

We didn't know if it was Richard Ricci. We didn't know if it was Emmanuel. ... It took everyone's help to try and find out.

Ed Smart