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FERDINAND MARCOS Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any r...
FERDINAND PORSCHE My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignit...
FERDINAND MARCOS History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then writ...
FERDINAND MARCOS We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
FERDINAND MOUNT I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.
FERDINAND PORSCHE The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms conson...
FERDINAND MARCOS America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asia...
FERDINAND MARCOS For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the...
FERDINAND BUISSON There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad gam...
RIO FERDINAND If any player has a bad game it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's a...
RIO FERDINAND I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
FERDINAND MARCOS In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
FERDINAND MARCOS I am the emperor, and I want dumplings.
FERDINAND I I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to arg...
FERDINAND MARCOS The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.
FERDINAND FOCH A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
FERDINAND FOCH The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and ...
FERDINAND FOCH If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football...
RIO FERDINAND It's not really going to make anyone rich,
FERDINAND MARCOS You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.
RIO FERDINAND I would venture to say that if you want to buy dollars, they would be cheapest here because of the v...
FERDINAND MARCOS We only sold a portion because, upon the advice of the World Bank, those carbon credits that we are ...
FERDINAND MARCOS Frankly, if there's money to be made the province would have involved itself.
FERDINAND MARCOS I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionar...
FERDINAND MARCOS I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
FERDINAND MARCOS From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for ...
FERDINAND LASSALLE I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.
RIO FERDINAND Only to he avoid misunderstandings, I must say that even last year, when I wrote my pamphlet, I hear...
FERDINAND LASSALLE It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela
RIO FERDINAND I had a chat with the manager to get a clear picture about stories in the papers [about being droppe...
RIO FERDINAND I played against him in training every day and he used to elbow me, kick me and head-butt me,
RIO FERDINAND He's a fantastic player who's done very well in Scotland and he's an absolute handful.
RIO FERDINAND He's a quality player,
RIO FERDINAND I haven't played volleyball in over a year. I miss it but I think it helps. It's better than cross c...
RACHEL FERDINAND They've (Chelsea) been very consistent this season and deserve credit for that. We could have put a ...
RIO FERDINAND Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in tho...
FERDINAND MARCOS I'll be gutted if Roy does go because I would far rather he stayed at Old Trafford,
RIO FERDINAND President Reagan has no enemies in the Phillipines.
FERDINAND MARCOS But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
FERDINAND LASSALLE People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that nig...
RIO FERDINAND hit me like a thunderbolt.
RIO FERDINAND We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all,
RIO FERDINAND The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidenc...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated.
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER It's really an open issue. I feel at the moment, it's 10 to 10 votes.
FERDINAND PIECH Volkswagen has made a strategic decision to expand in the area of heavy commercial vehicles, in line...
FERDINAND PIECH Above the 800 a day threshold we would have to produce the car in Europe. We will reach a decision i...
FERDINAND PIECH I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.
FERDINAND PIECH The new Beetle cannot deny its origin and the magic of its shape, ... We believe the new Beetle is n...
FERDINAND PIECH During my career several people have tried to push me out the door, ... Nobody has succeeded yet.
FERDINAND PIECH I never thought (the crowd) was that huge. When you realize you are not
alone, you grow strong...
FERDINAND MARCOS You even have tourists visiting the site which is great. It would make people more conscious about t...
FERDINAND MARCOS Do You Want To?
FRANZ FERDINAND Most people hear 'When the Levee Breaks' and they go, 'Well, it's just an homage to the 1927 Mississ...
FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand: Hooks And Books.
FRANZ FERDINAND Better
FRANZ FERDINAND The O.C.
FRANZ FERDINAND He would never do just the usual on-the-road burgers and chips.
FRANZ FERDINAND He and I are both big foodies.
FRANZ FERDINAND You Could Have It So Much Better.
FRANZ FERDINAND The rain still hasn't stopped.
FRANZ FERDINAND The value of the final few years of life to an 80-year-old means he'll spend whatever it costs for a...
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated. Our analysis su...
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER I didn't really like it up there (at Winchendon). I didn't like the dorm situation I was in. It was ...
FERDINAND BAILEY That's who I battle every day for a starting spot. Whoever comes to play in practice, that's who's s...
FERDINAND BAILEY He's doing good. He's up to par with his subjects. He tells me he likes it. The only thing is that t...
FERDINAND BAILEY He felt lonely and out of place. In the summer I saw the mood that he was in, he wasn't too happy wi...
FERDINAND BAILEY I know I can't go on forever - how can I forget it when my so-called team-mates keep asking me which...
LES FERDINAND I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.
LES FERDINAND Elementary considerations led me to the conclusion that a medium, composed of layers of different di...
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN In the summer of 1902, I was able to erect two experimental stations on two forts at Strasbourg for ...
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN Considering the greater amounts of energy which can be collected and stored in suitable experimental...
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN