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My modest suggestion is that he reflects (on the U.S. role in South Africa and Cuba's in Angola) and not now try to elaborate theories about Cuban politics. – Fidel Castro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Projects can get so elaborate that it’s almost like building a house. – Clemens Jellema	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Justin Nojan Sullivan , 19 had elaborate plans to kill hundreds of innocent people to show Justin Nojan Sullivan , 19 support for the terrorist organization, ISIL. – The FBI	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We nearly have 7,000 plants we're growing of different kinds and they're going to be used as the raw material to elaborate medications for three important clinical studies. One will be conducted by the National Cancer Institute for cancer patients; the second one is for patients suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy and will be conducted by the San Borja Arriarán Hospital. The third clinical study is for patients suffering from non-cancer related, chronic pain and conducted by the Las Higueras Hospital in Talcahuano. – Ana María Gazmuri	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We're aware that the British welfare system is very elaborate and that it may not be able to bear it. We are therefore addressing this by increasing our benefits, and we also want to raise salaries in Poland. – Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I love ‘ Star Wars ’ because it's a huge alien and laser gun carnival. ‘ Star Wars ’ isn't Star Wars '. The movies are basically really long, elaborate toy commercials. – John DeVore	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Mohammad Zargham had a pretty elaborate idea of what Mohammad Zargham wanted to do. – Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We of course will meet with him to further share our conclusions and give him an opportunity to elaborate on his views. – Chief Executive Peter Hancock	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's not elaborate, but it's comfortable and fully staffed. – Diane Brown	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a new low, even for anti-abortion activists who will stop at nothing in their effort to undermine a woman's right to choose, i believe the Center for Medical Progress may have broken the law in developing and executing this unbelievably elaborate and troubling scheme, and all Americans should have concerns about that. – Jan Schakowsky	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In Samoa, men have elaborate tattoos inked on their thighs, buttocks and lower chest, it is a painful ordeal that requires a man to submit to the authority of the elders. When he emerges, he is celebrated as a hero. – Professor Thomas	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Matt provided me with (an) elaborate painting and information on the illegal acts that inmates were committing within the facility, in turn, I provided him with benefits such as paint, paintbrushes, movement of inmates, hamburger meat, altering the electrical boxes in the catwalk areas. – Officer Gene Palmer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I would love for Bergdahl to elaborate on the 'disturbing circumstances' that were going on in his unit, because I have no idea what he would be referring to. I am an open book and would testify to anything. – Evan Buetow	Found on CNN 9 years ago
A grave like this -- very elaborate stone sarcophagus, lead inner casket buried in a very prominent position in the church, close to the high altar -- you've got to think this person was important. – Mathew Morris	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved, a pattern within which men must learn, in return for a variety of elaborate rewards, new forms in which sexual spontaneity is still possible, and women must learn to discipline their receptivity to a thousand other considerations. – Margaret Mead	added by anonymous 10 years ago
People aren't predestined with a purpose. Like an elaborate lie, we make it up as we go along – Ahmed Korayem	added by anonymous 11 years ago
Is a preface exquisitely written? No literary morsel is more delicious. Is the author inveterately dull? It is a kind of preparatory information, which may be very useful. It argues a deficiency of taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread: for it is the attar of the author?s roses, every drop distilled at an immense cost. It is the reason of the reasoning, and the folly of the foolish. – Isaac D?Israeli	added by anonymous 12 years ago
The government (is) extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept ever in mind, however, is that in every case, the figures are first put down by a village watchman, and he puts down anything he damn well pleases. – Josiah Stamp, Attibuted to Sir Josiah Stamp (1849 - 1941) HM Collector of Inland Revenue.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Washington is a place where people praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. – John Kenneth Galbraith	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler	added by anonymous 14 years ago

My modest suggestion is that he reflects (on the U.S. role in South Africa and Cuba's in Angola) and not now try to elaborate theories about Cuban politics.

– Fidel Castro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Projects can get so elaborate that it’s almost like building a house.

– Clemens Jellema

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Justin Nojan Sullivan , 19 had elaborate plans to kill hundreds of innocent people to show Justin Nojan Sullivan , 19 support for the terrorist organization, ISIL.

– The FBI

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We nearly have 7,000 plants we're growing of different kinds and they're going to be used as the raw material to elaborate medications for three important clinical studies. One will be conducted by the National Cancer Institute for cancer patients; the second one is for patients suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy and will be conducted by the San Borja Arriarán Hospital. The third clinical study is for patients suffering from non-cancer related, chronic pain and conducted by the Las Higueras Hospital in Talcahuano.

– Ana María Gazmuri

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We're aware that the British welfare system is very elaborate and that it may not be able to bear it. We are therefore addressing this by increasing our benefits, and we also want to raise salaries in Poland.

– Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I love ‘ Star Wars ’ because it's a huge alien and laser gun carnival. ‘ Star Wars ’ isn't Star Wars '. The movies are basically really long, elaborate toy commercials.

– John DeVore

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Mohammad Zargham had a pretty elaborate idea of what Mohammad Zargham wanted to do.

– Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We of course will meet with him to further share our conclusions and give him an opportunity to elaborate on his views.

– Chief Executive Peter Hancock

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's not elaborate, but it's comfortable and fully staffed.

– Diane Brown

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is a new low, even for anti-abortion activists who will stop at nothing in their effort to undermine a woman's right to choose, i believe the Center for Medical Progress may have broken the law in developing and executing this unbelievably elaborate and troubling scheme, and all Americans should have concerns about that.

– Jan Schakowsky

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In Samoa, men have elaborate tattoos inked on their thighs, buttocks and lower chest, it is a painful ordeal that requires a man to submit to the authority of the elders. When he emerges, he is celebrated as a hero.

– Professor Thomas

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Matt provided me with (an) elaborate painting and information on the illegal acts that inmates were committing within the facility, in turn, I provided him with benefits such as paint, paintbrushes, movement of inmates, hamburger meat, altering the electrical boxes in the catwalk areas.

– Officer Gene Palmer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I would love for Bergdahl to elaborate on the 'disturbing circumstances' that were going on in his unit, because I have no idea what he would be referring to. I am an open book and would testify to anything.

– Evan Buetow

Found on CNN
9 years ago

A grave like this -- very elaborate stone sarcophagus, lead inner casket buried in a very prominent position in the church, close to the high altar -- you've got to think this person was important.

– Mathew Morris

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved, a pattern within which men must learn, in return for a variety of elaborate rewards, new forms in which sexual spontaneity is still possible, and women must learn to discipline their receptivity to a thousand other considerations.

– Margaret Mead

added by anonymous
10 years ago

People aren't predestined with a purpose. Like an elaborate lie, we make it up as we go along

– Ahmed Korayem

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Is a preface exquisitely written? No literary morsel is more delicious. Is the author inveterately dull? It is a kind of preparatory information, which may be very useful. It argues a deficiency of taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread: for it is the attar of the author?s roses, every drop distilled at an immense cost. It is the reason of the reasoning, and the folly of the foolish.

– Isaac D?Israeli

added by anonymous
12 years ago

The government (is) extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept ever in mind, however, is that in every case, the figures are first put down by a village watchman, and he puts down anything he damn well pleases.

– Josiah Stamp, Attibuted to Sir Josiah Stamp (1849 - 1941) HM Collector of Inland Revenue.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Washington is a place where people praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

– John Kenneth Galbraith

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

– Raymond Chandler

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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