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While sometimes things look bleak and difficult, there’s opportunity in everything, and you have to find the opportunity, you have to work to do that with creative leadership, i am absolutely confident that if people approach this thoughtfully, studiously, soberly, with creativity, there is a way to find strength out of whatever we do ahead. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We have given the new government of Ukraine extra time in order for Kiev to soberly assess the situation, revise previously stated positions and begin good faith negotiations with Russia. – Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If we understand that Russia is not ready to soberly discuss the expropriation that took place, then the first thing you will see is the arrest of Russian property abroad, this can happen before a ruling: We are ready to do it tomorrow. – Sergei Pugachev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The aim is to inform (people) objectively and soberly about (Danish rules), which the government is in the process of tightening. – Inger Stojberg	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or our country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share. – Virginia Woolf	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind. – William Cowper	added by anonymous 10 years ago

While sometimes things look bleak and difficult, there’s opportunity in everything, and you have to find the opportunity, you have to work to do that with creative leadership, i am absolutely confident that if people approach this thoughtfully, studiously, soberly, with creativity, there is a way to find strength out of whatever we do ahead.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We have given the new government of Ukraine extra time in order for Kiev to soberly assess the situation, revise previously stated positions and begin good faith negotiations with Russia.

– Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If we understand that Russia is not ready to soberly discuss the expropriation that took place, then the first thing you will see is the arrest of Russian property abroad, this can happen before a ruling: We are ready to do it tomorrow.

– Sergei Pugachev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The aim is to inform (people) objectively and soberly about (Danish rules), which the government is in the process of tightening.

– Inger Stojberg

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or our country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share.

– Virginia Woolf

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind.

– William Cowper

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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