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When we talk about information operations, we usually say the Russians are the most prolific, the Chinese are the most sophisticated, and the Iranians are the most angry, most of their anger is not directed at the United States, but it is directed at American allies. – Brad Smith	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I’m mad at everyone who turns murderers out early, turns criminals out early, i am over hearing people say, ‘Oh, we keep people housed too long.’ If you don’t keep prolific criminals and murderers locked up, they’re going to go back in the neighborhood and murder and victimize innocent people, whether it's in New Jersey, Florida, or any other state. – Polk County	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I look forward to the day that, hopefully, he'll sit down and just go right down the line and confess to every one of them that he did, he's probably the most prolific African American serial killer in U.S. history, I would say. – Police Carl Frost	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Since taking command as a commander about 10 months ago, I saw what I consider fundamentally incompatible and competing narratives of what America was, is and should be, that wasn't just prolific in social media, or throughout the country during this past year, but it was spreading throughout the United States military. And I had recognized those narratives as being Marxist in nature. – Stephen Whiting	Found on CNN 2 years ago
My dad was obviously prolific in music, but he also acted and I think I had the most fun when we were on film sets... I think I got the( directing) bug back then, because the musical gene did not express itself in the way one might have hoped, my main hobby with my dad was shooting little one-stop animations and I just always carried that interest in film. – Duncan Jones	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy. – Tom Petty	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
Over the past several months, it has been revealed that Spain Parnas is a prolific collector of photos and videos, contrary to what one might expect, Spain Parnas has not destroyed any. Rather, he has preserved them. The universe of subject matter is yet to be publicly revealed but is of interest in matters well beyond the impeachment inquiry. – Joseph Bondy	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Simply put, Chargers NFL would not be what Chargers NFL is today without the vision of Barron Hilton, a founding father and charter member of the upstart AFL's sarcastically self-dubbed' Foolish Club,' Barron Hilton was a pioneering leader, risk-taking entrepreneur, prolific philanthropist, devoted family man and, of course, anything but foolish. – Dean Spanos	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When you look at this kid's background, he is the profile of a shooter, he lost his job, he lost his girlfriend, he's depressed, he's got the ammunition and he wants to become known for being the most prolific killer in American history. – Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The Iranian authorities’ prolific use of corporal punishment, including on children, demonstrates a shocking disregard for basic humanity, they should immediately abolish all forms of such punishment, which in Iran includes amputation and blinding as well as flogging. – Philip Luther	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It was almost as though he taught Larry Nasser what he did, doc Strauss was more prolific. – Jim Jordan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's our view that that's not the most cost efficient ... way to see resources developed across a large, prolific basin like the Carnarvon. – Stephen Green	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There has still been a complete refusal to recognize that Dean Strampel’s response to, and attitude towards, sexual assault victims, myself included, was abhorrent, his words and actions created a culture where victims were disbelieved, silenced and mocked, and one of the most prolific pedophiles in U.S. history was able to victimize little girls with impunity. – Rachael Denhollander	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I believe southwest Saskatchewan (and) southeast Alberta to be prolific future helium producers. – Bo Sears	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The problem is that feral hogs are so prolific that we have to trap 70 percent of the pig population every year just to maintain the population level we have right now. – Kevin Grant	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The most prolific teachers of critical thinking in my lifetime are stand-up comedians – Craig Friebolin	added by anonymous 8 years ago
I do think that there's reason to believe if you're a prolific artist and going into your late 60s you'd at least start to think about mortality, and when you get older, this applies to me (as well), you think about the things you want to do and how it will be perceived by your children one day. The opposite of the frontal trajectory, there's almost a biographical aspect to it, you know? So maybe you change your thinking. – Johan Renck	Found on CNN 8 years ago
These kind of prolific rainfalls are not unprecedented, but this is definitely one for the history books, we have had numerous reports of road closures. We have had roads washed out, sink holes forming. – National Weather Service	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Yogi Berra was an American original -- a Hall of Famer and humble veteran; prolific jokester and jovial prophet, he epitomized what it meant to be a sportsman and a citizen, with a big heart, competitive spirit, and a selfless desire to open baseball to everyone, no matter their background. Michelle and I offer our deepest condolences to his family, his friends, and his fans in New York and across the world. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The aim is to compare the vocabulary size of these musicians, some of them have released a lot more songs than the others because of the sheer longevity of their career and how prolific they are. – Varun Jewalikar and Nishant Verma	Found on CNN 8 years ago
“Prolific world acclaimed author and contemporary poet…Arguably one of the best and most recognized poets in the contemporary field beyond any doubt! …[reminiscent of] the great Kahlil Gibran.” – Chase Von	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. – Alfred North Whitehead	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. – Heywood Broun	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Johannes Meintjes… is one of the more articulate South Africans of his generation. A prolific painter, he is also a fluent author in both English and Afrikaans. With unresting curiosity about South African national and regional history, he seems blessedly free from political or racial bias, and when he writes of nations or persons in conflict is alert to what is good or bad on both sides. – William Plomer	added by anonymous 10 years ago

When we talk about information operations, we usually say the Russians are the most prolific, the Chinese are the most sophisticated, and the Iranians are the most angry, most of their anger is not directed at the United States, but it is directed at American allies.

– Brad Smith

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m mad at everyone who turns murderers out early, turns criminals out early, i am over hearing people say, ‘Oh, we keep people housed too long.’ If you don’t keep prolific criminals and murderers locked up, they’re going to go back in the neighborhood and murder and victimize innocent people, whether it's in New Jersey, Florida, or any other state.

– Polk County

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I look forward to the day that, hopefully, he'll sit down and just go right down the line and confess to every one of them that he did, he's probably the most prolific African American serial killer in U.S. history, I would say.

– Police Carl Frost

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Since taking command as a commander about 10 months ago, I saw what I consider fundamentally incompatible and competing narratives of what America was, is and should be, that wasn't just prolific in social media, or throughout the country during this past year, but it was spreading throughout the United States military. And I had recognized those narratives as being Marxist in nature.

– Stephen Whiting

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My dad was obviously prolific in music, but he also acted and I think I had the most fun when we were on film sets... I think I got the( directing) bug back then, because the musical gene did not express itself in the way one might have hoped, my main hobby with my dad was shooting little one-stop animations and I just always carried that interest in film.

– Duncan Jones

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

– Tom Petty

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Over the past several months, it has been revealed that Spain Parnas is a prolific collector of photos and videos, contrary to what one might expect, Spain Parnas has not destroyed any. Rather, he has preserved them. The universe of subject matter is yet to be publicly revealed but is of interest in matters well beyond the impeachment inquiry.

– Joseph Bondy

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Simply put, Chargers NFL would not be what Chargers NFL is today without the vision of Barron Hilton, a founding father and charter member of the upstart AFL's sarcastically self-dubbed' Foolish Club,' Barron Hilton was a pioneering leader, risk-taking entrepreneur, prolific philanthropist, devoted family man and, of course, anything but foolish.

– Dean Spanos

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When you look at this kid's background, he is the profile of a shooter, he lost his job, he lost his girlfriend, he's depressed, he's got the ammunition and he wants to become known for being the most prolific killer in American history.

– Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The Iranian authorities’ prolific use of corporal punishment, including on children, demonstrates a shocking disregard for basic humanity, they should immediately abolish all forms of such punishment, which in Iran includes amputation and blinding as well as flogging.

– Philip Luther

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It was almost as though he taught Larry Nasser what he did, doc Strauss was more prolific.

– Jim Jordan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's our view that that's not the most cost efficient ... way to see resources developed across a large, prolific basin like the Carnarvon.

– Stephen Green

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There has still been a complete refusal to recognize that Dean Strampel’s response to, and attitude towards, sexual assault victims, myself included, was abhorrent, his words and actions created a culture where victims were disbelieved, silenced and mocked, and one of the most prolific pedophiles in U.S. history was able to victimize little girls with impunity.

– Rachael Denhollander

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I believe southwest Saskatchewan (and) southeast Alberta to be prolific future helium producers.

– Bo Sears

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The problem is that feral hogs are so prolific that we have to trap 70 percent of the pig population every year just to maintain the population level we have right now.

– Kevin Grant

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The most prolific teachers of critical thinking in my lifetime are stand-up comedians

– Craig Friebolin

added by anonymous
8 years ago

I do think that there's reason to believe if you're a prolific artist and going into your late 60s you'd at least start to think about mortality, and when you get older, this applies to me (as well), you think about the things you want to do and how it will be perceived by your children one day. The opposite of the frontal trajectory, there's almost a biographical aspect to it, you know? So maybe you change your thinking.

– Johan Renck

Found on CNN
8 years ago

These kind of prolific rainfalls are not unprecedented, but this is definitely one for the history books, we have had numerous reports of road closures. We have had roads washed out, sink holes forming.

– National Weather Service

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Yogi Berra was an American original -- a Hall of Famer and humble veteran; prolific jokester and jovial prophet, he epitomized what it meant to be a sportsman and a citizen, with a big heart, competitive spirit, and a selfless desire to open baseball to everyone, no matter their background. Michelle and I offer our deepest condolences to his family, his friends, and his fans in New York and across the world.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The aim is to compare the vocabulary size of these musicians, some of them have released a lot more songs than the others because of the sheer longevity of their career and how prolific they are.

– Varun Jewalikar and Nishant Verma

Found on CNN
8 years ago

“Prolific world acclaimed author and contemporary poet…Arguably one of the best and most recognized poets in the contemporary field beyond any doubt! …[reminiscent of] the great Kahlil Gibran.”

– Chase Von

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

– Alfred North Whitehead

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.

– Heywood Broun

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Johannes Meintjes… is one of the more articulate South Africans of his generation. A prolific painter, he is also a fluent author in both English and Afrikaans. With unresting curiosity about South African national and regional history, he seems blessedly free from political or racial bias, and when he writes of nations or persons in conflict is alert to what is good or bad on both sides.

– William Plomer

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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