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We reserve crimes against humanity determinations for the most egregious crimes, these acts are not random or spontaneous; they are part of the Kremlin’s widespread and systematic attack against Ukraine’s civilian population. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
At the borders with Ukraine, I saw an unmatched outpouring of spontaneous solidarity by communities and humanitarians from across each country: local responders were busy, mountains of donations had been built, all effectively organized by border guards, local authorities and communities. – Filippo Grandi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I'm reasonably optimistic but I don't believe in spontaneous miracles. – Emmanuel Macron	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I hope by showing that something we did spontaneous and the right way can lead to something further. – Dan Medina	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think we did it the right way. I didn’t break any laws. There was no trash left behind, i hope by showing that something we did spontaneous and the right way can lead to something further. – Dan Medina	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Thinking is a spontaneous flow of recognition. – Tilak Fernando	added by BatmanSam 2 years ago
A lot of the benefit of being there in person is being available for spontaneous meetings, sitting in the open plan areas is the best thing to do. – Nick Bloom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
As you know, there’s been a lot of large crowd gatherings tonight, a lot of celebratory fireworks going off, kind of spontaneous, they were dispersing a crowd when they heard shots and felt pain. – Police Superintendent David Brown	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I didn’t see that as being a staged thing. I thought it was entirely spontaneous and clever in making the two brothers talk to each other, it was a deft move that shows the Duchess is not overawed by all that’s going on. – Prince Harry	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think it was a little unfortunate that we had this very spontaneous vote on an extraordinarily significant matter without the considered debate and analysis. People had to make really quick decisions, i'm not saying there's bad faith, but I do think this is significant enough that it deserved greater consideration by this body and I think what you've seen now is people have been forced to take a quick position. Whether or not that changes as we move forward I think remains to be seen. – Lisa Murkowski	Found on CNN 3 years ago
R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and out, and you didn't labor over the thing. I like music like that. – Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
Our hearts are with the victims' families and all who feel hopeless in the face of pervasive racial discrimination and outright cruelty. We all must shine a spotlight on the immorality of racial discrimination, but violence, whether spontaneous or consciously incited, is not a solution. – Jimmy Carters	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The pastoral council talked about reaching out to people at this difficult time and as we talked, this idea evolved. It was all quite spontaneous, there were huge crowds, it was a moving turnout. I've never received such a torrent of messages as I have this evening, people deeply appreciative and feeling connected to one another, despite all of the distancing. – Father Malachy Conlon	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is a spontaneous public outburst, first they tell us there are too many illegal immigrants and we need to get rid of them. Then they bring in this law that would allow citizenship to immigrants. – Nehal Jain	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We need to be prepared for a long effort, I invite you to have patience, to have resilience because hard and difficult days are coming, this isn't about some young people who are having spontaneous demonstrations, there is a plot here, high-level organization, some politickers interested in destabilizing the country. – Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Everything we have seen suggests the migrant caravans were loosely organized and largely spontaneous in nature, and were not organized or directed by the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras. – Ariel Ruiz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In the East, we see the rise of those capable of controlling everyone's behavior, and in the West we've seen the rise of an uncontrolled, spontaneous empire, our children are dependent on the internet and everyday will become more dependent on it. – European Council	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
You will see in this campaign a lot of spontaneous activity that doesn't come from our national headquarters, people in Memphis, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California, they're going to come up with an idea, they're going to use local artists and musicians. So this is our effort to build a political movement, which will help us win the primary, help us win the general election and, in my view, it is the only way we bring about the kind of fundamental reforms we need in this country. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal. – Giovanni Morassutti	added by tini 5 years ago
There are two hypotheses. The first is that several skiers set off the avalanche. The second hypothesis is it was a spontaneous avalanche due to climatic conditions, and in that case it will be a question of determining responsibilities and problems of security. – Prosecutor Catherine Seppey	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It was our little anniversary, so it was a special night. I kept thinking Oh, GodFebruary 3 ! Thats our day. Oh, my God ! Its been a year. It was more spontaneous than anything else. It wasnt too planned. I thought about it, and I thought, Maybe Ill do it ; maybe I wont, but it was a great show, in general, and... I dont know. We felt really good. – Jennifer Lopez	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We wanted to thank you in person for that gesture of spontaneous love that managed to calm the baby’s cry. That’s the type of police we’re proud of, the police we want. – Cristian Ritondo	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
One of the most striking things about the World Cup compared to the Olympics, is how male it is: the vast majority of fans, media, and obviously players are male, given this, it was surprising how little rowdiness I witnessed ... I found ordinary Russians, particularly women, to be invariably kind and warm ... This welcoming behavior could have been inspired by pride in a national event or perhaps by the balmy weather, but much of it seemed spontaneous and genuine. – Lucy Nicholson	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Haniyeh returned to Gaza, Hamas gave an order ... and miraculously, this spontaneous protest by a public that could not handle the situation any more dissipated. – Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz	Found on FOX News 5 years ago

We reserve crimes against humanity determinations for the most egregious crimes, these acts are not random or spontaneous; they are part of the Kremlin’s widespread and systematic attack against Ukraine’s civilian population.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At the borders with Ukraine, I saw an unmatched outpouring of spontaneous solidarity by communities and humanitarians from across each country: local responders were busy, mountains of donations had been built, all effectively organized by border guards, local authorities and communities.

– Filippo Grandi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm reasonably optimistic but I don't believe in spontaneous miracles.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I hope by showing that something we did spontaneous and the right way can lead to something further.

– Dan Medina

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think we did it the right way. I didn’t break any laws. There was no trash left behind, i hope by showing that something we did spontaneous and the right way can lead to something further.

– Dan Medina

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Thinking is a spontaneous flow of recognition.

– Tilak Fernando

added by BatmanSam
2 years ago

A lot of the benefit of being there in person is being available for spontaneous meetings, sitting in the open plan areas is the best thing to do.

– Nick Bloom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As you know, there’s been a lot of large crowd gatherings tonight, a lot of celebratory fireworks going off, kind of spontaneous, they were dispersing a crowd when they heard shots and felt pain.

– Police Superintendent David Brown

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I didn’t see that as being a staged thing. I thought it was entirely spontaneous and clever in making the two brothers talk to each other, it was a deft move that shows the Duchess is not overawed by all that’s going on.

– Prince Harry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think it was a little unfortunate that we had this very spontaneous vote on an extraordinarily significant matter without the considered debate and analysis. People had to make really quick decisions, i'm not saying there's bad faith, but I do think this is significant enough that it deserved greater consideration by this body and I think what you've seen now is people have been forced to take a quick position. Whether or not that changes as we move forward I think remains to be seen.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and out, and you didn't labor over the thing. I like music like that.

– Ry Cooder

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Our hearts are with the victims' families and all who feel hopeless in the face of pervasive racial discrimination and outright cruelty. We all must shine a spotlight on the immorality of racial discrimination, but violence, whether spontaneous or consciously incited, is not a solution.

– Jimmy Carters

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The pastoral council talked about reaching out to people at this difficult time and as we talked, this idea evolved. It was all quite spontaneous, there were huge crowds, it was a moving turnout. I've never received such a torrent of messages as I have this evening, people deeply appreciative and feeling connected to one another, despite all of the distancing.

– Father Malachy Conlon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a spontaneous public outburst, first they tell us there are too many illegal immigrants and we need to get rid of them. Then they bring in this law that would allow citizenship to immigrants.

– Nehal Jain

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We need to be prepared for a long effort, I invite you to have patience, to have resilience because hard and difficult days are coming, this isn't about some young people who are having spontaneous demonstrations, there is a plot here, high-level organization, some politickers interested in destabilizing the country.

– Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Everything we have seen suggests the migrant caravans were loosely organized and largely spontaneous in nature, and were not organized or directed by the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras.

– Ariel Ruiz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In the East, we see the rise of those capable of controlling everyone's behavior, and in the West we've seen the rise of an uncontrolled, spontaneous empire, our children are dependent on the internet and everyday will become more dependent on it.

– European Council

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You will see in this campaign a lot of spontaneous activity that doesn't come from our national headquarters, people in Memphis, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California, they're going to come up with an idea, they're going to use local artists and musicians. So this is our effort to build a political movement, which will help us win the primary, help us win the general election and, in my view, it is the only way we bring about the kind of fundamental reforms we need in this country.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal.

– Giovanni Morassutti

added by tini
5 years ago

There are two hypotheses. The first is that several skiers set off the avalanche. The second hypothesis is it was a spontaneous avalanche due to climatic conditions, and in that case it will be a question of determining responsibilities and problems of security.

– Prosecutor Catherine Seppey

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It was our little anniversary, so it was a special night. I kept thinking Oh, GodFebruary 3 ! Thats our day. Oh, my God ! Its been a year. It was more spontaneous than anything else. It wasnt too planned. I thought about it, and I thought, Maybe Ill do it ; maybe I wont, but it was a great show, in general, and... I dont know. We felt really good.

– Jennifer Lopez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We wanted to thank you in person for that gesture of spontaneous love that managed to calm the baby’s cry. That’s the type of police we’re proud of, the police we want.

– Cristian Ritondo

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

One of the most striking things about the World Cup compared to the Olympics, is how male it is: the vast majority of fans, media, and obviously players are male, given this, it was surprising how little rowdiness I witnessed ... I found ordinary Russians, particularly women, to be invariably kind and warm ... This welcoming behavior could have been inspired by pride in a national event or perhaps by the balmy weather, but much of it seemed spontaneous and genuine.

– Lucy Nicholson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Haniyeh returned to Gaza, Hamas gave an order ... and miraculously, this spontaneous protest by a public that could not handle the situation any more dissipated.

– Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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