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BONNIE BLAIR What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how i... BONNIE BLAIR I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goa... BONNIE BLAIR Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've e... BONNIE BLAIR It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that ... TONY BLAIR In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Mini... TONY BLAIR Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm mor... TONY BLAIR We know that these gangs are not limited to the city of Toronto; they move about freely, and they ar... BILL BLAIR It is absolutely critical to take immediate and significant action to apprehend the people responsib... BILL BLAIR By working more co-operatively together, we believe we can mount a more effective response and do an... BILL BLAIR No one should doubt my resolve to maintain discipline in this service. BILL BLAIR I will not allow such action to take place and have today instructed my unit commanders and supervis... BILL BLAIR Stopping motorists or pedestrians in order to provide verbal or written information concerning the c... BILL BLAIR Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society. ROBERT BLAIR There already has been a drift away from U.S. assets by Arab investors. You may well have a further ... ANGUS BLAIR The onus is now on the management of companies to produce good earnings growth to see if they will j... ANGUS BLAIR The major determinant is how much does it take from Jordan as opposed to other markets which histori... ANGUS BLAIR Well the key basically is the fact that the stock market is in itself cheap. Usually high, by intern... 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TONY BLAIR How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt. ROBERT BLAIR I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've ma... SELMA BLAIR It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the
third, in which he meant to rise s... HUGH BLAIR The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did... ROBERT BLAIR Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics. TONY BLAIR However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficu... TONY BLAIR The Russian early warning network has suffered false alarms in the recent past. It's deteriorating, ... BRUCE BLAIR The female audience may have a greater interest in the Olympics because of the competitors and the t... BRUCE BLAIR