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I don't believe that for a second. I don't believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being honest, i think Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing what Russian President Vladimir Putin does, and that's how can Russian President Vladimir Putin weaken this President, ironically. How Russian President Vladimir Putin weakens this President is saying,' Yeah, this is my guy.'. – Chris Stewart	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I felt like I didn’t say enough to defend her. I felt like I didn’t say enough to explain that the movement is so important—and that Jeffrey’s story is a piece of this movement, and we can’t silence it, women’s voices need to be heard, and, ironically enough — I wasn’t able to be heard. I was really scared that the interviewer didn’t even hear me. – Jessica Walter	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
As students, our voices were ironically unheard by those who are supposed to represent us and our interests, in no way am I running to spite the board. If elected, I plan to cooperate and work hard to resolve the issues in my community. – Gabrielle Anzalone	Found on CNN 6 years ago
An accident 3 years ago was the worst day of Scruggs Instagram life. Ironically Scruggs Instagram worst day became the best day of my life, if [ it ] didn't happen we wouldn't have met. – Jason Kennedy	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
They're kind of, ironically, being Nazis, it doesn't really help your argument when you're literally beating up people. – Jacob Slater-Chin	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Ironically, Washington and other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change. – United States	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Irrespective of your belief system, there are certain forces that act upon us and make us do what we do, ironically human race is the only breed who is more susceptible to it and we keep denying it. – Ramana Pemmaraju	added by Ramana Pemmaraju 7 years ago
Ironically, when U.S. equity and international equity mutual funds could have benefited from additional cash as the market sold off, investors became nervous and forced redemptions, the unknown Brexit impact has caused investor uncertainty and while the U.S. equity market recovered, clarity remains limited. – Todd Rosenbluth	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The difficulty largely stems from the smaller size ; which ironically is a main reason for purchase. – Jeff Gonzales	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Ironically, the conflict is encouraging the very relationship that Saudi Arabia fears, pushing the Houthis more into the Iranian camp, despite Tehran's reluctance to get more deeply involved. – Longley Alley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Ironically, what you actually need to see for physical demand to pick up is for prices to rally, the confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years. – Victor Thianpiriya	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This case involves a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, a young man overcomes huge physical disabilities to reach Olympian heights as an athlete. In doing so he becomes an international celebrity, he meets a young woman of great natural beauty and a successful model, romance blossoms, and then, ironically on Valentine’s Day, all is destroyed when he takes her life. – Judge Eric Leach	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unlike most tourists, the President heads home now with his enormous fleet of transport vehicles -- ironically after plenty of finger pointing on this Global Warming tour. Astoundingly, with just this one trip, a bigger carbon footprint was created than what 33 cars combined would create in an entire year. – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a good time for investors. This is an easier time, ironically, than it has been for the last few months because value is being created. – Mohamed El-Erian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm more restricted, ironically, as President of the United States than I will be as a private citizen in terms of some of the hands-on direct help I want to do, partly because of schedule and partly because of making sure that in my relationship to Kenya, I'm understood to be operating as the President of the United States. – The President	Found on CNN 8 years ago
[ T ] Charles Krauthammer idea that the court should decree that it’s a Constitutional right, something that had been hidden in the Constitution for over a hundred years and that nobody had ever discerned, is simply a way of saying that it has been removed from the democratic arena. It can no longer be debated, all the laws are cancelled, and we are now in a new place, ironically, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who is on the court today once said, before she ascended to the court, that the abortion decision had prevented a stable social settlement of the abortion issue that was headed in the reform direction because it took it out of the political arena. – Charles Krauthammer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think the government and scientists may be afraid to embrace the new science, consumers, ironically, get this message and are moving toward a low carb diet, so I think they would pretty quickly embrace it. – Dariush Mozaffarian	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Your body and mind both need time to recover for overall health and in order to achieve optimal performance, failing to recognize this and training too hard can lead to fatigue and, ironically, underperformance, the so-called overtraining syndrome. – James Ting	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The authorities are clearly trying to make an example with this case, but ironically all it has done is hurt the image of Myanmar and Buddhism. – Matt Smith	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Those kinds of restrictive practices I think would ironically hurt the Chinese economy over the long term because I don’t think there is any U.S. or European firm, any international firm, that could credibly get away with that wholesale turning over of data, personal data, over to a government. – President Barack Obama on Monday	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
When you have a wiretap on someone you pick up all sorts of dreck. But in terms of the political history that ironically the FBI has created for us, it's a wonderful resource. – David Garrow	Found on CNN 9 years ago
“Majority of the world’s creativity, power, intellect, and influence is in the minds of women and children. Ironically, these same demographics are largely at a disadvantage socially and economically. We are focused on empowering dreams and changing lives one woman and one child at a time.” – Carletha CeCe Cole	added by anonymous 9 years ago
“Majority of the world’s creativity, power, intellect, and influence is in the minds of women and children. Ironically, these same demographics are largely at a disadvantage socially and economically. We are focused on empowering dreams and changing lives one woman and one child at a time.” – Carletha CeCe Cole	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Ironically, family friends of the Middletons say that everyone always thought that the sparkly Pippa rather than the quieter and less glossy Kate would be the one most likely to make a spectacular marriage. – Pippa Middleton	added by anonymous 9 years ago

I don't believe that for a second. I don't believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being honest, i think Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing what Russian President Vladimir Putin does, and that's how can Russian President Vladimir Putin weaken this President, ironically. How Russian President Vladimir Putin weakens this President is saying,' Yeah, this is my guy.'.

– Chris Stewart

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I felt like I didn’t say enough to defend her. I felt like I didn’t say enough to explain that the movement is so important—and that Jeffrey’s story is a piece of this movement, and we can’t silence it, women’s voices need to be heard, and, ironically enough — I wasn’t able to be heard. I was really scared that the interviewer didn’t even hear me.

– Jessica Walter

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

As students, our voices were ironically unheard by those who are supposed to represent us and our interests, in no way am I running to spite the board. If elected, I plan to cooperate and work hard to resolve the issues in my community.

– Gabrielle Anzalone

Found on CNN
6 years ago

An accident 3 years ago was the worst day of Scruggs Instagram life. Ironically Scruggs Instagram worst day became the best day of my life, if [ it ] didn't happen we wouldn't have met.

– Jason Kennedy

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

They're kind of, ironically, being Nazis, it doesn't really help your argument when you're literally beating up people.

– Jacob Slater-Chin

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Ironically, Washington and other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change.

– United States

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Irrespective of your belief system, there are certain forces that act upon us and make us do what we do, ironically human race is the only breed who is more susceptible to it and we keep denying it.

– Ramana Pemmaraju

added by Ramana Pemmaraju
7 years ago

Ironically, when U.S. equity and international equity mutual funds could have benefited from additional cash as the market sold off, investors became nervous and forced redemptions, the unknown Brexit impact has caused investor uncertainty and while the U.S. equity market recovered, clarity remains limited.

– Todd Rosenbluth

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The difficulty largely stems from the smaller size ; which ironically is a main reason for purchase.

– Jeff Gonzales

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Ironically, the conflict is encouraging the very relationship that Saudi Arabia fears, pushing the Houthis more into the Iranian camp, despite Tehran's reluctance to get more deeply involved.

– Longley Alley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Ironically, what you actually need to see for physical demand to pick up is for prices to rally, the confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years.

– Victor Thianpiriya

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This case involves a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, a young man overcomes huge physical disabilities to reach Olympian heights as an athlete. In doing so he becomes an international celebrity, he meets a young woman of great natural beauty and a successful model, romance blossoms, and then, ironically on Valentine’s Day, all is destroyed when he takes her life.

– Judge Eric Leach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unlike most tourists, the President heads home now with his enormous fleet of transport vehicles -- ironically after plenty of finger pointing on this Global Warming tour. Astoundingly, with just this one trip, a bigger carbon footprint was created than what 33 cars combined would create in an entire year.

– Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is a good time for investors. This is an easier time, ironically, than it has been for the last few months because value is being created.

– Mohamed El-Erian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm more restricted, ironically, as President of the United States than I will be as a private citizen in terms of some of the hands-on direct help I want to do, partly because of schedule and partly because of making sure that in my relationship to Kenya, I'm understood to be operating as the President of the United States.

– The President

Found on CNN
8 years ago

[ T ] Charles Krauthammer idea that the court should decree that it’s a Constitutional right, something that had been hidden in the Constitution for over a hundred years and that nobody had ever discerned, is simply a way of saying that it has been removed from the democratic arena. It can no longer be debated, all the laws are cancelled, and we are now in a new place, ironically, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who is on the court today once said, before she ascended to the court, that the abortion decision had prevented a stable social settlement of the abortion issue that was headed in the reform direction because it took it out of the political arena.

– Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think the government and scientists may be afraid to embrace the new science, consumers, ironically, get this message and are moving toward a low carb diet, so I think they would pretty quickly embrace it.

– Dariush Mozaffarian

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Your body and mind both need time to recover for overall health and in order to achieve optimal performance, failing to recognize this and training too hard can lead to fatigue and, ironically, underperformance, the so-called overtraining syndrome.

– James Ting

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The authorities are clearly trying to make an example with this case, but ironically all it has done is hurt the image of Myanmar and Buddhism.

– Matt Smith

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Those kinds of restrictive practices I think would ironically hurt the Chinese economy over the long term because I don’t think there is any U.S. or European firm, any international firm, that could credibly get away with that wholesale turning over of data, personal data, over to a government.

– President Barack Obama on Monday

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

When you have a wiretap on someone you pick up all sorts of dreck. But in terms of the political history that ironically the FBI has created for us, it's a wonderful resource.

– David Garrow

Found on CNN
9 years ago

“Majority of the world’s creativity, power, intellect, and influence is in the minds of women and children. Ironically, these same demographics are largely at a disadvantage socially and economically. We are focused on empowering dreams and changing lives one woman and one child at a time.”

– Carletha CeCe Cole

added by anonymous
9 years ago

– Carletha CeCe Cole

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Ironically, family friends of the Middletons say that everyone always thought that the sparkly Pippa rather than the quieter and less glossy Kate would be the one most likely to make a spectacular marriage.

– Pippa Middleton

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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