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I would like to have some factual information.


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We're very careful in nature to make sure its factual information and not biased.
DAN HOLLAR We are obviously concerned we reported information that was less than factual.
BILL FOY Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.
DAVID BOWIE Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I The purpose of this program is to ensure factual information is provided to the Iraqi public.
BARRY JOHNSON They are not suspects, but we would like to talk to them - they do have some information that can be...
JAMES CONN Getting the factual information out there is important and that is what we are doing.
LUCY CALDWELL It's like a curse with these bad starts. We're in some sort of funk. We're trying everything.
JASON CAPPADORO For your information, I would like to ask a question.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN Based upon the information contained in this, there's no doubt it was written by Eric.
CHARLES STONE The bottom line with a lot of bands that funk is being applied to is that they don't really list...
MIKE D I really think it's something that somebody made up. Some games you're going to be in a funk.
CHANNING FRYE Deep down, creationists realize they will never win factual arguments with science. This is why they...
FRANS DE WAAL Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputab...
KINGMAN BREWSTER We are not here to persuade for (the plan) or against it. We want to provide as much factual informa...
NEAL PALMER The role of a town administrator is to provide factual information for elected policy makers to make...
BRUCE R. KEISER I though Eric and Jordan brought it, just like always. I was anxious to see how some of our guys who...
DOUG MITCHELL I'm disappointed. With as much information as the media has provided, I would have thought there wou...
CHARLIE DEATON When I do uptempo songs, I like to bring in the funk and world music and different elements.
JUDITH HILL I am so grateful. Eric was very loving, very kind, and what better legacy could Eric have?
MARY MOLNAR I would like to read some books: I don't have time; I would like to continue working on my autob...
GUNTHER SCHULLER We believe the information is factual in nature and should be readily available to the city and coun...
KATHI MOORE When Eric sat out, I told myself I have to do more.
DERRICK BERRY Eric: ''What part do you like best?'' Sookie: ''oh your butt'' Eric: ''My...Bottom?'' Sookie: ''yep
CHARLAINE HARRIS If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.
JIMMY WALES The thing I like about science is no racism or hatred just truth and factual.
SEAN CROSBY There's new factual record information that needs to be here for you to decide the guilt or innocenc...
BILL MCCOLLUM We are shopping Eric. Obviously, we would much rather have Eric released. But if we can work out a t...
GREG JOHNSON Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.
CHAD SMITH I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them pass...
JENNIFER GRANHOLM I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.
LARA STONE When I buy my soft drink Ill feel really good about that.
ERIC FUNK We still have the field.
ERIC FUNK I am very much in favor of our partnership with the university.
ERIC FUNK As a citizen, I decided right then and there. That was the reason I voted for Eric Smith. ... I feel...
DOUG MARTZ When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul...
BIG BOI When there are factual disputes, it's better to have live witnesses.
FRED THOMPSON I have some others that have called to inquire. I'm anticipating that they would be sending in their...
IAN MOONEY I love funk and soul and Motown.
TARON EGERTON We're in a funk. We have to find a way to tighten the screws.
LEBRON JAMES We would still like to have the forum even though the families have been released from the lease. I ...
DAN NOWISKI That's as far as I'm going because I think it's unfair to make any kind of statement until Eric has ...
LARRY PLEAU Quote for today: Sometimes people would make you guilty by hear say than factual evidence..
EDWARD KELLY II Eric and Eddie have really done a lot for Brittany. She has just really blossomed. I thought Eric mi...
KATHY MCCAULEY I got to thank my brother Eric for the throw, ... When someone comes through like that you have to p...
ERIC CLARK I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can rem...
AARON NEVILLE Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, fact...
STEVEN SPIELBERG I feel awful and apologize. I would like to get the requested information to council members in what...
BARB GRAFF Most bizarre factual pattern I've seen in the nine years that I have been a prosecutor.
TIM FLEMING I'm the renegade of funk. I've made house, techno, rock, funk, reggae... That's why I...
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA putting it to a funk beat.
GARY ADLER I would like to see America some day.
HANOI HANNAH Some basic accounting fiscal areas that we would expect for $1 billion operation were just not up to...
BRUCE MYERS While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to ...
JONATHAN DIMBLEBY I looked at it like if I was in their shoes, what kind of information would I want? I'd want to know...
MIKE ARMSTRONG I love Eric Clapton.
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU At some point, we would like to have a Roanoke store.
MICHAEL SMITH I'm just wondering who they've talked to, to glean all this information that the Brewer softball pro...
DON COREY If they provide some information, they may not have to come.
GARY BARTLETT I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to ...
JOHN PODHORETZ Enjoy the challenges you face today, some people have none.
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to h...
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. The dialogue continues on the question. We would like to obtain information and access to them.
FLORIAN WESTPHAL I have to hear more live instrumentation, more band and more funk, and I don't hear enough of it...
KAT GRAHAM Jazz: it's got folk, it's got funk, it's got various international influences...it's also got some p...
EMBER SWIFT When beginning a conversation, ask the other person, “Do you have time to speak right now?” If t...
SUSAN C. YOUNG That's when I got enough volume that people would add to the articles. Experts would write in with m...
MARSHALL BRAIN I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
WALT WHITMAN John Mayer will be around forever, like the Eagles and Eric Clapton.
BRETT YOUNG I did my crime and I paid for it, but I would like to have some kind of life. Look at this. Would yo...
GARY GILBERT I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles.
OWEN WILSON I didn't think I would come to this conclusion -- but eventually I came to the conclusion that more ...
SERGEY BRIN I guess we brought them out of their three-game funk.
DENNIS HAMILTON If there were an international butt competition, Eric would win, hands down—or cheeks up.
CHARLAINE HARRIS Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I wa...
SERGIO ARAGONES I've learned a lot, ... a lot more than I thought I would. Some of the hazardous material informatio...
AMANDA MILLER I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps yo...
JEFFREY WRIGHT ...But also because I find I really do…" He paused, as if he were about to say something outrageou...
CHARLAINE HARRIS We'll have to wait and see if Eric can take on the responsibility.
AL GALLAGHER While we would like to have had some resolution today, we are willing to wait,
E. HICKS I don't do drugs anymore... than say, the average touring funk band.
BILL HICKS You know, Eric, I could have sworn I heard a goat bleating while I was working in the slype yesterda...
CATHERINE AIRD They didn't find any part of Eric for five months. I feel fortunate they did find some, so there is ...
BETTY BENNETT I can say unequivocally that we have gotten information through this program that would not otherwis...
GENMICHAEL HAYDEN That's how he pitched early in the year. He just got in a funk. In the middle of that funk, he had a...
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COLIN FUNK It makes a noise like a fair-sized firecracker.
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CHARLIE FUNK Hurricanes and bad weather are on people's minds.
CHARLIE FUNK This isn't a new phenomenon, it's a pretty consistent phenomenon.
CARY FUNK I think the results in general are fascinating. Though some of this has been around for a while.
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