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I would hate to see operations in the Congo held hostage to Sierra Leone but I really think that's the way it's got to be. At one point we've got to decide to get it right and we've got to be professional.
Alex Morrison

Hate, Point, Decide

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.
Louis Freeh

Understand, Public, Sensitive

I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.
Spalding Gray

Why, Keep, Once

I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around.
Giambattista Valli

Design, Made, Around

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
Lou Brock

Life, Baseball, Fantasy

I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin.
Alexander Mackenzie

Life, Political, May

The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.
Bo Gritz

After, Fact, Vietnamese

We held the team together for as long as possible and then sent all except the most critical personnel home.
Bo Gritz

Home, Long, Together

I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations.
Aleksandr Lebed

Power, Crisis, Him

I think the glue that held 'Fringe' together was the relationships.
John Noble

Together, Glue, Fringe

Initially charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest I was held for 36 hours, was beaten by cops and made to stand spread eagled against the cell wall for 12 hours with no food or water, until I collapsed. Everyone was strip searched on the way in.
John Blair

Food, Made, Everyone

On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time.
Nusrat F. A. Khan

Time, Death, After

I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.
Vanilla Ice

Money, Great, Freedom

For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.
Arthur Machen

Importance, Presence, Imply

I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit.
Liam Payne

Someone, Everything, Done

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.
June Allyson

Music, Great, Fun

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
Gerald F. Lieberman

Government, Believing, Elections

Publicly, we're saying we're better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11.
David Hunt

Saying, Fighting, Since

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.
William H. Wharton

Texas, Dread, Indians

Well, it wasn't a holiday, but I had expected to do some sightseeing when I went to Haiti to film a series called 'True Horror' for Discovery. Before I arrived, our film crew were kidnapped and held at knifepoint.
Anthony Head

True, Before, Film

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.
Ronnie O'Sullivan

Problem, Perfection, Maybe

I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a bailout - but I know that's not a view held by many, nor were the views I was frustrated about.
Robert Gibbs

Teacher, Someone, After

Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world.
Aslan Maskhadov

Free, Fighting, Until

Personal privacy is a closely held American value.
Anna Eshoo

American, Personal, Value

In not my, but our collective hands, is held the promise of change.
Mark Sanford

Change, Promise, Hands

The first time around as a mom, I held on really tight and I was so stressed.
Bridgette Wilson

Time, Mom, Around

David Duchovny is a dream; a dreamboat and a dream. He was so kind... He held my hand after we were done shooting and told me I did great. He's so good at what he does.
Jillian Bach

Good, Great, Done

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.
Donna Edwards

Until, President, Congress

I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know?
Noah Taylor

Training, Acting, Though

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.
Tiki Barber

High, Public, Almost

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