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EZEKIEL ELLIOTT The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the... ELLIOTT ABRAMS Rule number one in negotiating anything with Missy is never try and run me over. Never push me, beca... MISSY ELLIOTT First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two ... ELLIOTT ABRAMS The double chin's not good for the red carpet. MISSY ELLIOTT While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem se... ELLIOTT ABRAMS Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing. ELLIOTT ERWITT I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially pro... ELLIOTT ERWITT The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and viol... ELLIOTT CARTER The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in ... ELLIOTT ABRAMS Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt 'N' Pepa. Now, people have ... MISSY ELLIOTT They know what the weight on their shoulders is. They're not going in there blindsided like some of ... ASHLEY ELLIOTT I think reality finally hit for them. They've been saying, 'Oh my gosh, the season is going fast,' o... ASHLEY ELLIOTT Second and third place is going to go to whoever hits. Harrison and us and Western are all so equiva... ASHLEY ELLIOTT It was more of an emotional than actual setback. I'd been coaching there about two-and-a-half years,... ASHLEY ELLIOTT I'm just trying to help her what little I can, because it's been a little while since I've run here,... BILL ELLIOTT The lap didn't feel that fast and the car was jumping around. BILL ELLIOTT We didn't even know what safety was. We didn't know the meaning of the word. BILL ELLIOTT She's doing a real good job. I'm very proud of her, BILL ELLIOTT We have two objectives for the 500 -- the first is to have a good solid run. And the second is to pu... BILL ELLIOTT It's all going to be safer for the drivers. BILL ELLIOTT The majority of our patients are dually-diagnosed. They either have a mental illness and a drug or a... BILL ELLIOTT I haven't burned any bridges yet. BILL ELLIOTT It always feels good to put on the McDonald's uniform and see that big arch on the hood of the car, ... BILL ELLIOTT I am kind of still on loan from Ray. But we really have no plan put together for anything yet this y... BILL ELLIOTT The good Jew is ritually observant and resists assimilation, in some sense living apart, never fitti... ELLIOTT ABRAMS Mass killing has very clearly not been eliminated, nor has the 'international community' dev... ELLIOTT ABRAMS There is no greater feeling in business than building a product which impacts people's lives in ... ELLIOTT BISNOW Turkey's solidarity with Hamas is not, of course, based on Arab nationalism, which as a non-Arab... ELLIOTT ABRAMS I need to learn to be more assertive. BROOKE ELLIOTT