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We all think we're persuasive, but sometimes there isn’t much you can do for a deal except be patient, polite and present. – Andrew Thomas	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Integration has come to mean the majority adapts to the minority, accepts their language, values and morals, why in a multicultural society does every one have the right to be different, everyone except the majority, everyone but the people? – France Former President Nicolas Sarkozy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't think that there is another way of resolving this dispute except talking to each other, we certainly would like to make sure that we are able to resume bilateral talks because these are necessary. – Perfecto Yasay	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The president is doing all that the country will permit him to do. That is, air support and logistical support, beyond that, they will put up with very little. Except… [American troops] are still getting killed. – George Will	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The Western Command is saddened by the incident involving our fellow Filipinos, they are in stable condition, except for some bruises. – Captain Cherryl Tindog	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All these survivors come out of the woodwork who might never have done so except that this looks like it's their only chance. – Marci Hamilton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The critical point now is what will happen with Ricciardo, right now it's the reverse situation of when he arrived (at Red Bull) and (Sebastian) Vettel was the driver, except Vettel had four world championships and he doesn't. – Jacques Villeneuve	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid could n’t come up with anything, except ‘ I want you to lose, ’ whether Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wants me to win or Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wants me to lose, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid should n’t lie about me. – The House member	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I’m just so grateful for it because I couldn’t do it without my husband, and I couldn’t do it with anybody else except him. – Cameron Diaz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There is absolutely no evidence that a crime occurred, this is a strong circumstantial case for an abduction except that some of the elements that we would see in an abduction are missing. – Sheriff William Snyder	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The status quo is already such that virtually all producers, except Iran, have little to no room to increase production from current levels. – Raymond James	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Charlie is a healthy baby girl and we are blessed. Her hemangioma is just as insignificant to who she is as a freckle on her arm, she’s just a normal little girl who does everything every other baby does. Except that she’s cuter in our eyes. – Tyler Crenshaw	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We attacked Daesh (Islamic State) in al-Fatayeh to recapture the area ... The attack was from all sides except the south, which is where they fled. – Shura Council	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our industry is at a very mature stage of development. We haven't launched a single new oil province since the end of the Soviet Union except for Northern Caspian. – Vagit Alekperov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Once the contracts are entered into, all risk is borne by EDF, except in the case of a narrow and extremely unlikely range of circumstances such as a political shutdown or a change in law. – Amber Rudd	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Those who came to power began to loot and do very little to help their people, except themselves and their cronies. – Ted Dagne	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It would be impossible to do that except over many, many years. – John Nelson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There was no pilot to our show — except I would say the ‘40th anniversary,’. – Comedians Martin Short	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It seems unlikely that anyone except the parties to the conflict themselves can climb down and step back from the brink, but a return to normalcy and a real de-escalation seems unlikely. – Richard Giragosian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are working to secure all other state institutions, the Council is here to stay and to continue their work here in Tripoli. They will not leave except for international meetings and will return. – Abdulrahman Taweel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I wasn't always as responsible as I am today. In many ways I was lucky, because for whatever reason addiction didn't get it's claws on me ... except cigarettes. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He claims to be for small government, pro-freedom and opposed to putting government in between people and their doctors – except when it comes to Florida's women. – Howard Simon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I knew I was the superior boxer and the superior martial artist, nothing surprised me except that I got hit at all. I think with a full camp I would have been flawless. – Nate Diaz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You can go to any courthouse in Alabama on Monday and get a marriage license, except for those few holdouts that aren't issuing licenses to anyone, gay or straight. – Richard Cohen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

We all think we're persuasive, but sometimes there isn’t much you can do for a deal except be patient, polite and present.

– Andrew Thomas

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Integration has come to mean the majority adapts to the minority, accepts their language, values and morals, why in a multicultural society does every one have the right to be different, everyone except the majority, everyone but the people?

– France Former President Nicolas Sarkozy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't think that there is another way of resolving this dispute except talking to each other, we certainly would like to make sure that we are able to resume bilateral talks because these are necessary.

– Perfecto Yasay

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The president is doing all that the country will permit him to do. That is, air support and logistical support, beyond that, they will put up with very little. Except… [American troops] are still getting killed.

– George Will

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The Western Command is saddened by the incident involving our fellow Filipinos, they are in stable condition, except for some bruises.

– Captain Cherryl Tindog

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All these survivors come out of the woodwork who might never have done so except that this looks like it's their only chance.

– Marci Hamilton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The critical point now is what will happen with Ricciardo, right now it's the reverse situation of when he arrived (at Red Bull) and (Sebastian) Vettel was the driver, except Vettel had four world championships and he doesn't.

– Jacques Villeneuve

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid could n’t come up with anything, except ‘ I want you to lose, ’ whether Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wants me to win or Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wants me to lose, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid should n’t lie about me.

– The House member

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I’m just so grateful for it because I couldn’t do it without my husband, and I couldn’t do it with anybody else except him.

– Cameron Diaz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There is absolutely no evidence that a crime occurred, this is a strong circumstantial case for an abduction except that some of the elements that we would see in an abduction are missing.

– Sheriff William Snyder

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The status quo is already such that virtually all producers, except Iran, have little to no room to increase production from current levels.

– Raymond James

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Charlie is a healthy baby girl and we are blessed. Her hemangioma is just as insignificant to who she is as a freckle on her arm, she’s just a normal little girl who does everything every other baby does. Except that she’s cuter in our eyes.

– Tyler Crenshaw

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We attacked Daesh (Islamic State) in al-Fatayeh to recapture the area ... The attack was from all sides except the south, which is where they fled.

– Shura Council

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our industry is at a very mature stage of development. We haven't launched a single new oil province since the end of the Soviet Union except for Northern Caspian.

– Vagit Alekperov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Once the contracts are entered into, all risk is borne by EDF, except in the case of a narrow and extremely unlikely range of circumstances such as a political shutdown or a change in law.

– Amber Rudd

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Those who came to power began to loot and do very little to help their people, except themselves and their cronies.

– Ted Dagne

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It would be impossible to do that except over many, many years.

– John Nelson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There was no pilot to our show — except I would say the ‘40th anniversary,’.

– Comedians Martin Short

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It seems unlikely that anyone except the parties to the conflict themselves can climb down and step back from the brink, but a return to normalcy and a real de-escalation seems unlikely.

– Richard Giragosian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are working to secure all other state institutions, the Council is here to stay and to continue their work here in Tripoli. They will not leave except for international meetings and will return.

– Abdulrahman Taweel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I wasn't always as responsible as I am today. In many ways I was lucky, because for whatever reason addiction didn't get it's claws on me ... except cigarettes.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He claims to be for small government, pro-freedom and opposed to putting government in between people and their doctors – except when it comes to Florida's women.

– Howard Simon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I knew I was the superior boxer and the superior martial artist, nothing surprised me except that I got hit at all. I think with a full camp I would have been flawless.

– Nate Diaz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You can go to any courthouse in Alabama on Monday and get a marriage license, except for those few holdouts that aren't issuing licenses to anyone, gay or straight.

– Richard Cohen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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