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I thought that I was strong enough to bear the pain and hold my bluff, To hide my feelings from your gaze, And keep them locked for future days. But strength lies not in silent suffering, And courage grows in vulnerability’s spring. So I’ll share my truth, let emotions flow, For in authenticity, true strength will grow.” – Christen Kuikoua	added by anonymous 4 months ago
The only trump card I have to beat is the bluff.” – Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 1 year ago
This is not a bluff. – Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 1 year ago
It's not a bluff. – Vladimir Putin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s not going to be WWIII. This is all a bluff. Putin knows that no one wins a nuclear exchange, if he ordered a preemptive strike on the United States, some general would shoot him in the head. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Well it’s not going to be World War III – this is all a bluff. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff, it’s one thing to be a murderer, it’s another to commit suicide. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's not a bluff, it's on the table. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The most important thing to do : Big nations ca n’t bluff, number one, and number two, the idea that we would do anything to split NATO, which would be a — have a profound impact on one of — I think prominent impact — on one of Putin’s objectives is to weaken NATO — would be a big mistake. – The Ukrainian president	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Essentially, President Joe Biden abandons people when the going gets tough for people. And, you know, in some ways, it's embarrassing to think that in a lot of ways, we bought into what essentially turned out to be a bluff or a con. – Dustin Stockton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Confidence is usually a bluff – if you’re lucky you might have it, but frankly nobody will know the difference. – Chrissie Hynde	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
David Pottier said of United States. Thepandemic has wreaked havoc across the world, infecting 6.6 million people, killing over 391,000 and devastating economies.It poses a particular threat to the elderly like the surviving D-Day veterans who are in their late nineties or older. It has also affected the younger generations who turn out every year to mark the occasion. Most have been barred from traveling to the windswept coasts of American Normandy. In this photo taken on Thursday, June 4, 2020, two people stop to look at an information board at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, American Normandy, France. In sharp contrast to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this year's 76th will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping nearly everyone from traveling. ( AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Some 160,000 soldiers made the perilous crossing from England that day in atrocious conditions, storming dunes which they knew were heavily defended by German troops determined to hold their positions. Somehow, they succeeded. Yet they left a trail of thousands of casualties who have been mourned for generations since. Last year stood out, with U.S. President Donald Trump joining his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach. A smattering of veterans were honored with the highest accolades. All across the beaches of American Normandy tens of thousands came from across the globe to pay their respects to the dead and laud the surviving soldiers. The acrid smell of wartime-era jeep exhaust fumes and the rumble of old tanks filled the air as parades of vintages vehicles went from village to village. The tiny roads between the dunes, hedges and apple orchards were clogged for hours, if not days. FILE - In this Thursday, June 6, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, French Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron, watch a flyover during a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the American Normandy cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, American Normandy, France. In sharp contrast to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this year's 76th will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping nearly everyone from traveling. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Heading into the D-Day remembrance weekend this year, only the salty brine coming off the ocean on Omaha Beach hits the nostrils, the shrieks of seagulls pierce the ears and a sense of desolation hangs across the regions country roads. Last year this place was full with jeeps, trucks, people dressed up as soldiers. – Eric Angely	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It certainly isnt a bluff ; you can take the president seriously, and heres why, what hes looking at is that [ there were ] 4,000 migrants apprehended in one day recently. Were on track this month for close to 100,000. We have never seen a surge like this. – George Conway	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results. – Michael Kugelman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The broader base of shareholders can take the money and run.... or seek to call ABI's bluff. – Bernstein Research analyst Trevor Stirling	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It’s all part of a bluff to force legislators to comply with the federal mandate. – Jim Harper	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
If the Greeks were serious Schaeuble would have no problem with them, but their behavior over the past months has convinced him that they are not an asset to Europe, that they are damaging the very values on which the European idea is based, that they just want to poker and bluff. And this is the ultimate sin for him. – Wolfgang Schaeuble	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think that he failed and I'm trying to call his bluff on this. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's not a bluff, it's Plan A. There is no Plan B. – Pierre Moscovici	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The government has managed to bluff their way out of this, retreating into closed hearings and constantly playing the 'national security' card, the government's entire defence has amounted to 'trust us' and now the tribunal has said the same. Since we only know about the scale of such surveillance thanks to Snowden, and given that 'national security' has been recklessly bandied around, 'trust us' isn't enough. – Rachel Logan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The government has managed to bluff their way out of this, retreating into closed hearings and constantly playing the 'national security' card, the government's entire defense has amounted to 'trust us' and now the tribunal has said the same. Since we only know about the scale of such surveillance thanks to Snowden, and given that 'national security' has been recklessly bandied around, 'trust us' isn't enough. – Rachel Logan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts... – David Seabury	added by anonymous 10 years ago
You bluffed me I don't like it when people bluff me. It makes me question my perception of reality. – Andrew Schneider	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I thought that I was strong enough to bear the pain and hold my bluff, To hide my feelings from your gaze, And keep them locked for future days. But strength lies not in silent suffering, And courage grows in vulnerability’s spring. So I’ll share my truth, let emotions flow, For in authenticity, true strength will grow.”

– Christen Kuikoua

added by anonymous
4 months ago

The only trump card I have to beat is the bluff.”

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
1 year ago

This is not a bluff.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

It's not a bluff.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s not going to be WWIII. This is all a bluff. Putin knows that no one wins a nuclear exchange, if he ordered a preemptive strike on the United States, some general would shoot him in the head.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Well it’s not going to be World War III – this is all a bluff.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff, it’s one thing to be a murderer, it’s another to commit suicide.

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's not a bluff, it's on the table.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The most important thing to do : Big nations ca n’t bluff, number one, and number two, the idea that we would do anything to split NATO, which would be a — have a profound impact on one of — I think prominent impact — on one of Putin’s objectives is to weaken NATO — would be a big mistake.

– The Ukrainian president

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Essentially, President Joe Biden abandons people when the going gets tough for people. And, you know, in some ways, it's embarrassing to think that in a lot of ways, we bought into what essentially turned out to be a bluff or a con.

– Dustin Stockton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Confidence is usually a bluff – if you’re lucky you might have it, but frankly nobody will know the difference.

– Chrissie Hynde

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

David Pottier said of United States. Thepandemic has wreaked havoc across the world, infecting 6.6 million people, killing over 391,000 and devastating economies.It poses a particular threat to the elderly like the surviving D-Day veterans who are in their late nineties or older. It has also affected the younger generations who turn out every year to mark the occasion. Most have been barred from traveling to the windswept coasts of American Normandy. In this photo taken on Thursday, June 4, 2020, two people stop to look at an information board at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, American Normandy, France. In sharp contrast to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this year's 76th will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping nearly everyone from traveling. ( AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Some 160,000 soldiers made the perilous crossing from England that day in atrocious conditions, storming dunes which they knew were heavily defended by German troops determined to hold their positions. Somehow, they succeeded. Yet they left a trail of thousands of casualties who have been mourned for generations since. Last year stood out, with U.S. President Donald Trump joining his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach. A smattering of veterans were honored with the highest accolades. All across the beaches of American Normandy tens of thousands came from across the globe to pay their respects to the dead and laud the surviving soldiers. The acrid smell of wartime-era jeep exhaust fumes and the rumble of old tanks filled the air as parades of vintages vehicles went from village to village. The tiny roads between the dunes, hedges and apple orchards were clogged for hours, if not days. FILE - In this Thursday, June 6, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, French Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron, watch a flyover during a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the American Normandy cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, American Normandy, France. In sharp contrast to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this year's 76th will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping nearly everyone from traveling. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Heading into the D-Day remembrance weekend this year, only the salty brine coming off the ocean on Omaha Beach hits the nostrils, the shrieks of seagulls pierce the ears and a sense of desolation hangs across the regions country roads. Last year this place was full with jeeps, trucks, people dressed up as soldiers.

– Eric Angely

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It certainly isnt a bluff ; you can take the president seriously, and heres why, what hes looking at is that [ there were ] 4,000 migrants apprehended in one day recently. Were on track this month for close to 100,000. We have never seen a surge like this.

– George Conway

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results.

– Michael Kugelman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The broader base of shareholders can take the money and run.... or seek to call ABI's bluff.

– Bernstein Research analyst Trevor Stirling

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It’s all part of a bluff to force legislators to comply with the federal mandate.

– Jim Harper

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

If the Greeks were serious Schaeuble would have no problem with them, but their behavior over the past months has convinced him that they are not an asset to Europe, that they are damaging the very values on which the European idea is based, that they just want to poker and bluff. And this is the ultimate sin for him.

– Wolfgang Schaeuble

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think that he failed and I'm trying to call his bluff on this.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's not a bluff, it's Plan A. There is no Plan B.

– Pierre Moscovici

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The government has managed to bluff their way out of this, retreating into closed hearings and constantly playing the 'national security' card, the government's entire defence has amounted to 'trust us' and now the tribunal has said the same. Since we only know about the scale of such surveillance thanks to Snowden, and given that 'national security' has been recklessly bandied around, 'trust us' isn't enough.

– Rachel Logan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The government has managed to bluff their way out of this, retreating into closed hearings and constantly playing the 'national security' card, the government's entire defense has amounted to 'trust us' and now the tribunal has said the same. Since we only know about the scale of such surveillance thanks to Snowden, and given that 'national security' has been recklessly bandied around, 'trust us' isn't enough.

– Rachel Logan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts...

– David Seabury

added by anonymous
10 years ago

You bluffed me I don't like it when people bluff me. It makes me question my perception of reality.

– Andrew Schneider

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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