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O'Reilly is an entertainer and everything he does is totally subjective, including his memories, to attack him is simply to increase his ratings and the sales of his phenomenally popular books. Lighten up, everybody. – Sally Quinn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The problem today is particularly around Mariupol. We've told the Russians clearly that if there was a separatist attack in the direction of Mariupol things would be drastically altered, including in terms of sanctions, at a European level the question of sanctions would be asked again. – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It allows enrichment, it's going to allow a new generation of centrifuges, it's going to allow the development of ballistic missiles, it doesn't do anything about the development of an actual warhead that will go on a weapon that will attack either Israel or Europe or the United States. – Charles Krauthammer	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
According to available news, this is not a terrorist attack, but an act committed by aberrant individual. – Czech TV reporter Vaclav Cernohorsky	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Since it is just one case, it is always very hard to know exactly what the cause is, it is certainly possible that [the heart attack] was related to the energy drink intake, but we could never know that for sure from a single case. – Robert Ostfeld	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is certainly possible that [the heart attack] was related to the energy drink intake, but we could never know that for sure from a single case. – Robert Ostfeld	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
As I fighter, I say that as their will to displace us increases, so does ours to defend ourselves and to attack them. – Naji Dawoud	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If the biggest attack on Hillary's going to be that she raised too much money for her charity, okay, I'll take that, no one's alleging anything beyond that she raised money and people gave her money and foreign governments gave her money. At the end of the day, that's fine. It went to a charity. It helped a lot of people. – Terry McAuliffe	Found on CNN 9 years ago
My bodyguard took out his weapon and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him on the ground to make sure that he cannot continue with the terror attack. – Nir Barkat	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
All arrested persons hailed from different parts of the country, were engaged there as trainers and conducted training of fire arms handling, bomb manufacturing and militants attack to selected militants. – Lieutenant Colonel Miftah Uddin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Although the incident does not appear to have been sexually motivated, the charges reflect that the attack involved an attempted or threatened penetration with a broom handle while one student was restrained by several others. – Dan Donohoe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He understands political posturing, he understands the effectiveness of rhetoric, he clearly wants to play a role on the national stage. I guess he has chosen the role of bulldog -- go after the president, attack him, make wild accusations. – Errol Louis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It is not so legitimate to attack Jews in Germany, so you attack Israel as a state, this helps you understand Germans who say what the Jews are doing to the Palestinians is just as bad as what the Nazis did to the Jews. – Lars Rensmann	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Ziamani was an impressionable young man who became radicalized then rapidly developed an extremist, violent mindset, over a series of months he ultimately developed a desire to carry out a terrorist attack on British soldiers. – Richard Walton	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The fighting is continuing now the way it did before, they continue to attack us, shell us ; they use artillery, mortars. – Oleg Shiryayev	Found on CNN 9 years ago
So I don't attack the rich, but the people I've found committing crime just happen to be rich. – Panagiotis Nikoloudis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Boko Haram attacked us and you don't attack Niger with impunity. Today's support for the armed forces must be permanent, if Allah wills it, Niger will be Boko Haram's tomb. – President Mahamadou Issoufou	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The fighting is continuing now the way it did before, they continue to attack us, shell us; they use artillery, mortars. – Oleg Shiryayev	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We haven’t had such an attack before, this would be the very first. – Shwe Cin Myint	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This was a suicide attack and such attacks will go on. – Ahsanullah Ahsan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
You went from hysterical to just laughing, during the panic attack, the only way I could harness my thoughts was to focus on humor. – Chris Tells All	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In order to succeed in this battle we must realize that this is yet another struggle between the sons of light and the sons of darkness. And light shall win. (on terrorist attack at the Chabad’s house in India) – Uri Orbach	added by acronimous 9 years ago
The Jewish Society is in shock about the attack, but everyone's thoughts are first and foremost with Dan's family and friends, and with the wounded police officers and their families. – The Jewish Society of Denmark	Found on CNN 9 years ago
When you mercilessly fire deadly bullets at innocent people taking part in a debate, when you attack the Jewish community, you attack our democracy, we will do everything possible to protect our Jewish community. – Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

O'Reilly is an entertainer and everything he does is totally subjective, including his memories, to attack him is simply to increase his ratings and the sales of his phenomenally popular books. Lighten up, everybody.

– Sally Quinn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The problem today is particularly around Mariupol. We've told the Russians clearly that if there was a separatist attack in the direction of Mariupol things would be drastically altered, including in terms of sanctions, at a European level the question of sanctions would be asked again.

– French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It allows enrichment, it's going to allow a new generation of centrifuges, it's going to allow the development of ballistic missiles, it doesn't do anything about the development of an actual warhead that will go on a weapon that will attack either Israel or Europe or the United States.

– Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

According to available news, this is not a terrorist attack, but an act committed by aberrant individual.

– Czech TV reporter Vaclav Cernohorsky

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Since it is just one case, it is always very hard to know exactly what the cause is, it is certainly possible that [the heart attack] was related to the energy drink intake, but we could never know that for sure from a single case.

– Robert Ostfeld

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is certainly possible that [the heart attack] was related to the energy drink intake, but we could never know that for sure from a single case.

– Robert Ostfeld

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

As I fighter, I say that as their will to displace us increases, so does ours to defend ourselves and to attack them.

– Naji Dawoud

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If the biggest attack on Hillary's going to be that she raised too much money for her charity, okay, I'll take that, no one's alleging anything beyond that she raised money and people gave her money and foreign governments gave her money. At the end of the day, that's fine. It went to a charity. It helped a lot of people.

– Terry McAuliffe

Found on CNN
9 years ago

My bodyguard took out his weapon and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him on the ground to make sure that he cannot continue with the terror attack.

– Nir Barkat

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

All arrested persons hailed from different parts of the country, were engaged there as trainers and conducted training of fire arms handling, bomb manufacturing and militants attack to selected militants.

– Lieutenant Colonel Miftah Uddin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Although the incident does not appear to have been sexually motivated, the charges reflect that the attack involved an attempted or threatened penetration with a broom handle while one student was restrained by several others.

– Dan Donohoe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He understands political posturing, he understands the effectiveness of rhetoric, he clearly wants to play a role on the national stage. I guess he has chosen the role of bulldog -- go after the president, attack him, make wild accusations.

– Errol Louis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It is not so legitimate to attack Jews in Germany, so you attack Israel as a state, this helps you understand Germans who say what the Jews are doing to the Palestinians is just as bad as what the Nazis did to the Jews.

– Lars Rensmann

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Ziamani was an impressionable young man who became radicalized then rapidly developed an extremist, violent mindset, over a series of months he ultimately developed a desire to carry out a terrorist attack on British soldiers.

– Richard Walton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The fighting is continuing now the way it did before, they continue to attack us, shell us ; they use artillery, mortars.

– Oleg Shiryayev

Found on CNN
9 years ago

So I don't attack the rich, but the people I've found committing crime just happen to be rich.

– Panagiotis Nikoloudis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Boko Haram attacked us and you don't attack Niger with impunity. Today's support for the armed forces must be permanent, if Allah wills it, Niger will be Boko Haram's tomb.

– President Mahamadou Issoufou

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The fighting is continuing now the way it did before, they continue to attack us, shell us; they use artillery, mortars.

– Oleg Shiryayev

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We haven’t had such an attack before, this would be the very first.

– Shwe Cin Myint

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This was a suicide attack and such attacks will go on.

– Ahsanullah Ahsan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

You went from hysterical to just laughing, during the panic attack, the only way I could harness my thoughts was to focus on humor.

– Chris Tells All

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In order to succeed in this battle we must realize that this is yet another struggle between the sons of light and the sons of darkness. And light shall win. (on terrorist attack at the Chabad’s house in India)

– Uri Orbach

added by acronimous
9 years ago

The Jewish Society is in shock about the attack, but everyone's thoughts are first and foremost with Dan's family and friends, and with the wounded police officers and their families.

– The Jewish Society of Denmark

Found on CNN
9 years ago

When you mercilessly fire deadly bullets at innocent people taking part in a debate, when you attack the Jewish community, you attack our democracy, we will do everything possible to protect our Jewish community.

– Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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