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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
I think it's very natural that given the enormous destruction in Ukraine and huge rebuilding costs that they will face, that we will look to Russia to help pay at least a portion of the price that will be involved. – Janet Yellen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are still in shock, first, time is needed to allow all of us to recover from the shock, face the reality of the aftermath, and find positive ways to move forward. – Mendell Morgan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
This man had no criminal record. He shot his grandmother in the face. He lawfully purchased a gun, i can't think of a law that would have stopped this particular shooting. – Steve Kerrs	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This bill claimed to solve a problem of' fairness' in school sports in Indiana that didn't exist, but its negative impacts on the mental health and well-being of trans and nonbinary youth -- young people who already face disproportionate rates of bullying, depression, and suicide -- are very real. – Sam Ames	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I'm looking at these pictures, and all I can think is that somebody has photoshopped my face onto porn. – Cher Scarlett	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Based on the sheer volume of false information that has been put out by the Britt campaign, I would prefer not to have to face another month of that because it is hard on my family. – Mike Durant	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Everything depends on [the] shift. Someone is lucky, someone comes to a shtty shift, the DPR people were the worst -- they are disheveled, slovens, sometimes they are drunk already in the morning, behaving terribly. You see man 50, 60 years old and you can see it from his face that he drinks constantly. – Eugen Tuzov*	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's clear that Georgia Republicans are engaged in an effort to chill the right to vote in Peach State. It's so in your face. They're not even trying to hide it. – Dexter Wimbish	Found on CNN 1 year ago
NATO is going to release its new Strategic Concept laying out how the Alliance will sustain and strengthen transatlantic security in the face of President Putin's aggression as well as other emerging threats. And we'll look ahead to our continuing efforts to fortify our force posture on NATO's eastern flank. – Jens Stoltenberg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I look up out the window and I saw this customer, this lady with her shopping cart -- she just stopped -- and she just had this really funny look on her face and then she just turned to run, next thing Latisha Rogers know, Latisha Rogers just keep hearing boom, boom, boom. – Latisha Rogers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He comes up behind me, strikes me in the back. I hear Amber shout don't hit my f **** sister. She smacks him, lands one, by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other. – Whitney Heard Henriquez**	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Today we are officially resuming operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended The Ukrainian people homeland in the face of Russia's unconscionable invasion, and, as a result, the Stars and Stripes are flying over the Embassy once again. We stand proudly with, and continue to support, the government and people of Ukraine as The Ukrainian people defend The Ukrainian people country from the Kremlin's brutal war of aggression. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Dick is an excellent lawyer who brings decades of experience that will be a valuable asset, as we have since the transition, we are ensuring The White House is prepared for the issues we are facing or will face in the future, and we have built and continue to build a strong legal team to conduct our work and serve the public and the President. – Ian Sams	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Under the leadership of Governor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has led the way on election security and preserving freedom for its residents, as Secretary of State, I will make sure Florida continues to have secure elections and that we protect the freedom of our citizens in the face of big-tech censorship and ever-growing cybersecurity threats. – Cord Byrd	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Certainly, on its face, it covers the picketing in or near -- in this case it will be near -- a residence occupied or used by such a judge. – Eugene Volokh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We face a challenging macro environment. – Vlad Tenev	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Mario Batali's kissing the side of my face. Mario Batali has Mario Batali other arm wrapped behind me. – Natali Tene	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It would be our second face-to-face meeting, nothing to do with the war, but now, The Patriarch too agrees : let's stop, it could be an ambiguous signal. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am still deeply troubled by the overwhelming stigma that I faced, that so many in my place still face. – Arielle Cohen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We forget that good lighting can bring people to a space, help them take ownership of it, use it, the police don't have to be there, and the space is luminated and you can notify police if they're needed, neighborhood lights are 5,000( lumens), flashlights are 250, 300. Those are still bright, blinding in your face, that's 250 lumens. Six-hundred thousand, that's like hundreds of those flashlights turning on your face at the same time. – Art Hushen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's more comfortable, militarily, for New Russia to fight a war in The Donbas than it was in Kyiv, Sumy, or Kharkiv, but it's also the place where the Ukrainian army's most experienced and fortified units are located... so they'll face the most severe resistance. – Markian Dobczansky	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Usma Acosta is a convicted cold-blooded killer who thought Usma Acosta could evade justice by entering the United States and creating a new identity for Usma Acosta so Usma Acosta could live under the radar. Usma Acosta needs to face justice for what Usma Acosta did, and today's arrest ensures that Usma Acosta will. – Joseph Bonavolonta	Found on CNN 2 years ago

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

I think it's very natural that given the enormous destruction in Ukraine and huge rebuilding costs that they will face, that we will look to Russia to help pay at least a portion of the price that will be involved.

– Janet Yellen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are still in shock, first, time is needed to allow all of us to recover from the shock, face the reality of the aftermath, and find positive ways to move forward.

– Mendell Morgan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

This man had no criminal record. He shot his grandmother in the face. He lawfully purchased a gun, i can't think of a law that would have stopped this particular shooting.

– Steve Kerrs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This bill claimed to solve a problem of' fairness' in school sports in Indiana that didn't exist, but its negative impacts on the mental health and well-being of trans and nonbinary youth -- young people who already face disproportionate rates of bullying, depression, and suicide -- are very real.

– Sam Ames

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm looking at these pictures, and all I can think is that somebody has photoshopped my face onto porn.

– Cher Scarlett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Based on the sheer volume of false information that has been put out by the Britt campaign, I would prefer not to have to face another month of that because it is hard on my family.

– Mike Durant

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Everything depends on [the] shift. Someone is lucky, someone comes to a sh*tty shift, the DPR people were the worst -- they are disheveled, slovens, sometimes they are drunk already in the morning, behaving terribly. You see man 50, 60 years old and you can see it from his face that he drinks constantly.

– Eugen Tuzov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's clear that Georgia Republicans are engaged in an effort to chill the right to vote in Peach State. It's so in your face. They're not even trying to hide it.

– Dexter Wimbish

Found on CNN
1 year ago

NATO is going to release its new Strategic Concept laying out how the Alliance will sustain and strengthen transatlantic security in the face of President Putin's aggression as well as other emerging threats. And we'll look ahead to our continuing efforts to fortify our force posture on NATO's eastern flank.

– Jens Stoltenberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I look up out the window and I saw this customer, this lady with her shopping cart -- she just stopped -- and she just had this really funny look on her face and then she just turned to run, next thing Latisha Rogers know, Latisha Rogers just keep hearing boom, boom, boom.

– Latisha Rogers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He comes up behind me, strikes me in the back. I hear Amber shout don't hit my f ****** sister. She smacks him, lands one, by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other.

– Whitney Heard Henriquez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today we are officially resuming operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended The Ukrainian people homeland in the face of Russia's unconscionable invasion, and, as a result, the Stars and Stripes are flying over the Embassy once again. We stand proudly with, and continue to support, the government and people of Ukraine as The Ukrainian people defend The Ukrainian people country from the Kremlin's brutal war of aggression.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Dick is an excellent lawyer who brings decades of experience that will be a valuable asset, as we have since the transition, we are ensuring The White House is prepared for the issues we are facing or will face in the future, and we have built and continue to build a strong legal team to conduct our work and serve the public and the President.

– Ian Sams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Under the leadership of Governor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has led the way on election security and preserving freedom for its residents, as Secretary of State, I will make sure Florida continues to have secure elections and that we protect the freedom of our citizens in the face of big-tech censorship and ever-growing cybersecurity threats.

– Cord Byrd

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Certainly, on its face, it covers the picketing in or near -- in this case it will be near -- a residence occupied or used by such a judge.

– Eugene Volokh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We face a challenging macro environment.

– Vlad Tenev

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mario Batali's kissing the side of my face. Mario Batali has Mario Batali other arm wrapped behind me.

– Natali Tene

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It would be our second face-to-face meeting, nothing to do with the war, but now, The Patriarch too agrees : let's stop, it could be an ambiguous signal.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am still deeply troubled by the overwhelming stigma that I faced, that so many in my place still face.

– Arielle Cohen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We forget that good lighting can bring people to a space, help them take ownership of it, use it, the police don't have to be there, and the space is luminated and you can notify police if they're needed, neighborhood lights are 5,000( lumens), flashlights are 250, 300. Those are still bright, blinding in your face, that's 250 lumens. Six-hundred thousand, that's like hundreds of those flashlights turning on your face at the same time.

– Art Hushen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's more comfortable, militarily, for New Russia to fight a war in The Donbas than it was in Kyiv, Sumy, or Kharkiv, but it's also the place where the Ukrainian army's most experienced and fortified units are located... so they'll face the most severe resistance.

– Markian Dobczansky

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Usma Acosta is a convicted cold-blooded killer who thought Usma Acosta could evade justice by entering the United States and creating a new identity for Usma Acosta so Usma Acosta could live under the radar. Usma Acosta needs to face justice for what Usma Acosta did, and today's arrest ensures that Usma Acosta will.

– Joseph Bonavolonta

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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