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ERIK SOLHEIM We haven't been pushed to three games for many years and Sri Lanka are a credit to themselves.
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GARY F EVANS... The United States stands firmly in support of a solution that offers justice and human rights for al...
JOE LOCKHART An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message fo...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM He might have failed against Sri Lanka but we still believe that he has the potential to serve the c...
FARUQUE AHMED In this crucial hour, we must transcend all differences and work for an undivided Sri Lanka as a uni...
CHANDRIKA KUMARATUNGA He was always in the scheme of things and we had only been trying others against Sri Lanka, which is...
KIRAN MORE The words you can’t find, you borrow.
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GABRIELLE ZEVIN His contribution (to Sri Lanka) was immense.
BERNARD GOONETILLEKE Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I don't think leading Sri Lanka is that much of a pressure. We've got some really talented youngster...
MAHELA JAYAWARDENE It is not easy to ignore a bid when India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh decide to come togethe...
SHARAD PAWAR I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f...
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SATHESH KUMAR M A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We will stick to our plan and play an aggressive game, the way we played recently against Sri Lanka ...
HARBHAJAN SINGH I think that an Australian side without Adam Gilchrist is not nearly as strong as with him in the te...
ARJUNA RANATUNGA I think they've just slightly had the edge over Sri Lanka and I think Sri Lanka probably rely on too...
RICKY PONTING It'll be a milestone if Sri Lanka can do an international bond.
DESMOND SOON The main frustration we had with Sri Lanka was although they weren't imposing customs duties on good...
CHRIS WEEKS The ratings on Sri Lanka are vulnerable due to the country's high government debt and ongoing large ...
AGOST BENARD I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Whether we live in Sri Lanka or Malaysia or India, the U.K. or the U.S., we face similar issues of u...
ROMESH GUNESEKERA This looks more and more like a constitutional coup here in Sri Lanka.
KASRA NAJI I was delighted that they were selected. It was a unanimous selection of the dinner committee. I thi...
MIKE HEALY In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami we did not encourage tourists, but now that many parts of ...
ARJUNA RANATUNGA He is still experiencing pain in his right shin and with the Test series against Sri Lanka due to st...
PETER GREGORY Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads.
ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One
DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly...
GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end...
DEYTH BANGER On a personal level, I think the political situation in Sri Lanka is very much on the mind of Sri La...
SHYAM SELVADURAI Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ...
THOMAS HARRIS We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
The universe may for...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Aliens have been here for millennium.
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ANTHONY T. HINCKS It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It...
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CHRIS WEEKS It is fantastic news. We need him back, and it will be good to have him facing the first ball (in th...
KEVIN PIETERSEN The governor does not believe that is even close to a sufficient solution. The governor believes we ...
HENRY FAWELL On our part we have pledged that there will be no acts of violence. At the same time we want the gov...
ANTON BALASINGHAM We believe the solution to this problem is a political solution.
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JAMES C. DOBSON One hundred percent of the donations are applied to the reconstruction. No administrative costs and ...
MIKE COSTELLO This had a tremendous impact on the aviation and tourism related sectors, bearing in mind that Europ...
BARRY BROWN In both the finals in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe we got into positions from where we should have won but...
GREG CHAPPELL My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth i...
M.I.A. Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever...
CRAIG CLEVENGER I will make a decision on how many matches I should play for Essex after the Sri Lanka tour.
DANISH KANERIA Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer.
AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba...
DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer...
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Silence doesn't make it... bet...
DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar...
T.J. KLUNE I am trying to get into shape for the season. I hope to be fit for the Sri Lanka series.
SOURAV GANGULY I am satisfied after my performance in India-Sri Lanka series and expecting to repeat same in Pakist...
HARBHAJAN SINGH The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
JOHN F. KENNEDY The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both...
MICHAEL ONDAATJE Pakistan reaffirmed its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka and for t...
TASNEEM AHMED My writing has been shaped by the three countries - Sri Lanka, the Philippines and England - I have ...
ROMESH GUNESEKERA We will do whatever we can from the Norwegian side to try and find a solution ... to the present wit...
ERIK SOLHEIM We will do whatever we can from the Norwegian side to try and find a solution ... to the present wit...
ERIK SOLHEIM Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore...
ROMESH GUNESEKERA We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
DANIEL MELGAçO “Every time you try to conform to other people’s expectations you are unhappy. When you are who ...
DHAMMIKA DHARMAWARDHANE You are worth more than you think you are
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WENDY MASS So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL This experience will be to his and the West Indies youth team's benefit for next month's Youth World...
JOEY CAREW We are at once the problem and the only possible solution to the problem.
MICHAEL POLLAN Sri Lanka is an island that everyone loves at some level inside themselves. A very special island th...
ROMESH GUNESEKERA I was shot at for being a Tamil in Sri Lanka, and then, everyone was calling me a Paki in London, an...
M.I.A. The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we bel...
ROMéO DALLAIRE I'm not one to sit back and do nothing. We are looking at every possible solution to fix this.
JOE WINTER A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space.
ALBERT EINSTEIN It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND The UK is the largest European investor in Sri Lanka and I especially look forward to meeting with U...
IAN PEARSON When I was growing up, I don't think I knew any other child who had been out of Sri Lanka.
ROMESH GUNESEKERA As a person who loves cricket in Sri Lanka I worked hard to execute my responsibility as the chairma...
ARJUNA RANATUNGA This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. We believe that Iran and Russia should find a wa...
GHOLAMREZA ANSARI If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS... We believe that America's military strength is superior in every respect and we are committed to mak...
ADAM SCHIFF Every tour leading up to the World Cup is important as we want to win everything so that the confide...
SALEEM ALTAF Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights rec...
DAVID SUZUKI We are watching with increased concern the spiral of violence as a result of what appear to be delib...
WESLEY CLARK The fact that it is set in a phantasmagorical island somewhere in ancient Sri Lanka throws up immens...
FRANCIS WACZIARG The balance of payments crisis sounds rather dry but it really would have a devastating impact on th...
BRIAN AITKEN If we're honest, most of us are doing okay.
CRAIG GROESCHEL This out dated mentality of 'oppose to get your point across' has never ever worked. Thus far Sri La...
BAILAMAN Someone tell this man that there are 660,000 refugees (displaced persons) in Sri Lanka. Some displac...
BAILAMAN It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.
KRISTEN LAMB Persistence can look a lot like stupid.
KRISTEN LAMB I probably felt most out of place as a young kid growing up in Sri Lanka. My mental world was somewh...
ROMESH GUNESEKERA We believe what we are singing about. Our church has also been so supportive and so good to us.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
THOMAS JEFFERSON For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their be...
THOMAS JEFFERSON If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was a...
THOMAS JEFFERSON If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should hav...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
THOMAS JEFFERSON One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
THOMAS JEFFERSON I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves a...
THOMAS JEFFERSON It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our o...
THOMAS JEFFERSON I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results...
THOMAS JEFFERSON No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.
THOMAS JEFFERSON It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by who...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor...
THOMAS JEFFERSON To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to...
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