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If ISIS had hoped that their attacks in Paris would provoke the United States and its allies to react with small-minded panic, some governors are helping them get their wish. – Linda Hartke	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These actions could provoke a further escalation of the conflict and lead to the loss of more innocent lives, increasing the flow of refugees and risking a confrontation with the anti-ISIS (Islamic State) coalition operating in Syria. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are not interested in supporting the regime. Also, we are not going there to provoke the North Korean authorities, we are actually going there more to provoke everybody outside North Korea. – Ivan Novak	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am going to provoke my hosts, but I am greatly disturbed by what is happening on the SDGs. Eight goals, 21 targets, I can understand. But 17 goals, 169 targets? We'll go nuts. Imagine the plight of the countries which will now have to collect data for these, if collecting that data at all is possible. – Bibek Debroy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Wilders is out to provoke Muslims and he has done everything he can to do that. – Aissa Zanzen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It would be Sunni against Shia, who knows what that would provoke ? – Robert Baer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You don’t provoke each other, but you keep a close eye and show your presence. – Marcus Bjorkgren	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You don't provoke each other, but you keep a close eye and show your presence. – Marcus Bjorkgren	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don't think it is about race. I think it is about an individual who conducted himself in a manner that was almost guaranteed to provoke an officer trying to do his duty. – Former Vice President Dick Cheney	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need to take advantage of species that there are in great abundance, we as chefs with the magic and the passion and the talent we have can provoke and convince people to consume them and influence the market. As chefs we can create a consciousness to inspire many other cooks. – Gaston Acurio	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Ninety percent of those who commit terrorist acts fall into it after regularly consulting websites or blogs that call for or provoke terrorism. – Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is the government of the United States that is behind the plans of destabilization and coups against Venezuela. I have come here to denounce it. ... We have dismantled a coup attempt against democracy, against the stability of our homeland, it was an attempt to use a group of officials from the air force to provoke a violent act, an attack. – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith. – The Pope	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If Dr. Gasbarri, a great friend, says a swear word against my mother, then a punch awaits him, it's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith. – Pope Francis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The spike in demand at the end of 2014 will literally provoke a collapse in sales. – Joerg Schreiber	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I have news for The Palestinians : you can not agitate and provoke your way to a state. – Israel Nitzan	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The argument that I hear from the administration is that we don't want to provoke Vladimir Putin. That is just Orwellian... history will judge this administration incredibly harshly, the only thing that will dissuade Vladimir Putin from what he is doing is when coffins come back to the families in Russia. – John McCain	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's amazing, this is a new beginning, a dream come true for the 11.2 million Cubans in Cuba, and I think it will provoke a change of mentality here too in this community. – Hugo Cancio	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
To innovate and move forward you must provoke the market for a response and respond to it. – Terpsichore Lindeman	added by anonymous 10 years ago
On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. – Charles Babbage	added by anonymous 10 years ago
And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others – Sir Thomas More	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit anyone to interfere in our affairs. – Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko	added by anonymous 14 years ago

If ISIS had hoped that their attacks in Paris would provoke the United States and its allies to react with small-minded panic, some governors are helping them get their wish.

– Linda Hartke

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These actions could provoke a further escalation of the conflict and lead to the loss of more innocent lives, increasing the flow of refugees and risking a confrontation with the anti-ISIS (Islamic State) coalition operating in Syria.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are not interested in supporting the regime. Also, we are not going there to provoke the North Korean authorities, we are actually going there more to provoke everybody outside North Korea.

– Ivan Novak

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am going to provoke my hosts, but I am greatly disturbed by what is happening on the SDGs. Eight goals, 21 targets, I can understand. But 17 goals, 169 targets? We'll go nuts. Imagine the plight of the countries which will now have to collect data for these, if collecting that data at all is possible.

– Bibek Debroy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Wilders is out to provoke Muslims and he has done everything he can to do that.

– Aissa Zanzen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It would be Sunni against Shia, who knows what that would provoke ?

– Robert Baer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You don’t provoke each other, but you keep a close eye and show your presence.

– Marcus Bjorkgren

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You don't provoke each other, but you keep a close eye and show your presence.

– Marcus Bjorkgren

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I don't think it is about race. I think it is about an individual who conducted himself in a manner that was almost guaranteed to provoke an officer trying to do his duty.

– Former Vice President Dick Cheney

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We need to take advantage of species that there are in great abundance, we as chefs with the magic and the passion and the talent we have can provoke and convince people to consume them and influence the market. As chefs we can create a consciousness to inspire many other cooks.

– Gaston Acurio

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Ninety percent of those who commit terrorist acts fall into it after regularly consulting websites or blogs that call for or provoke terrorism.

– Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is the government of the United States that is behind the plans of destabilization and coups against Venezuela. I have come here to denounce it. ... We have dismantled a coup attempt against democracy, against the stability of our homeland, it was an attempt to use a group of officials from the air force to provoke a violent act, an attack.

– Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith.

– The Pope

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If Dr. Gasbarri, a great friend, says a swear word against my mother, then a punch awaits him, it's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith.

– Pope Francis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The spike in demand at the end of 2014 will literally provoke a collapse in sales.

– Joerg Schreiber

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I have news for The Palestinians : you can not agitate and provoke your way to a state.

– Israel Nitzan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The argument that I hear from the administration is that we don't want to provoke Vladimir Putin. That is just Orwellian... history will judge this administration incredibly harshly, the only thing that will dissuade Vladimir Putin from what he is doing is when coffins come back to the families in Russia.

– John McCain

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's amazing, this is a new beginning, a dream come true for the 11.2 million Cubans in Cuba, and I think it will provoke a change of mentality here too in this community.

– Hugo Cancio

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

To innovate and move forward you must provoke the market for a response and respond to it.

– Terpsichore Lindeman

added by anonymous
10 years ago

On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

– Charles Babbage

added by anonymous
10 years ago

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others

– Sir Thomas More

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit anyone to interfere in our affairs.

– Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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