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Somebody actually tattooed my face on his arm. In a couple years, that will be the equivalent of having a Screech tattoo.

~Chris Jericho

Topics: Actually Arm Couple Couple Years Equivalent Face Having His Somebody Tattoo Tattooed Will Years

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I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.

~Christiane Amanpour

Topics: Announced Begin Boy Correspondent Equivalent Foreign Going Just Quickly Really Tea Thereof Very Wanted

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Fundamentalists are crazy. They're the real world equivalent to the evil geniuses of our spy fiction and our superhero comics. They want to mold the world into a specific shape that they really believe in, and if you don't believe in that, if you can't relate to that, it just seems crazy.

~Christopher Mcculloch

Topics: Believe Comics Crazy Equivalent Evil Fiction Fundamentalists Geniuses Just Mold Our Real Real World Really Relate Seems Shape Specific Spy Superhero The Real World Want World You

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People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

~Clare Short

Topics: Accused Accusing Being Equivalent Favor Globalization Me Morning People Rising Sun

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Did Google need to make robot cars in order to make Streetview work? Absolutely not. It's the equivalent of saying you need a walking robot in order to push an upright vacuum cleaner. It's gratuitous robotics!

~Colin Angle

Topics: Absolutely Absolutely Not Car Cleaner Did Equivalent Google Gratuitous Make Need Order Push Robot Robotics Saying Upright Vacuum Walking Work You

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If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.

~Daniel Ellsberg

Topics: After Another Attack Country Day Days Doubt Equivalent Fire Involve Involving Iran Major Massive No Doubt Reichstag War Will Within

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'Troy' is an adaptation of the Trojan War myth in its entirety, not 'The Iliad' alone. 'The Iliad' begins with the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon over the slave girl Briseis nine years into the war. The equivalent scene occurs halfway through my script.

~David Benioff

Topics: Achilles Adaptation Alone Begins Between Entirety Equivalent Girl Halfway Iliad Myth Nine Occurs Over Quarrel Scene Script Slave Through War Years

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Formed in 1967 and still performing regularly half a century later, Fairport Convention are Britain's equivalent of the Band. Unlike the latter they have maintained cordial relations.

~David Hepworth

Topics: Band Britain Century Convention Equivalent Formed Half Later Latter Maintained Performing Regularly Relations Still Unlike

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I would make the tea on a Daniel Day-Lewis set just to observe how he crafts roles like he did in 'My Left Foot.' That was the equivalent of seeing Haley's Comet for me. I just couldn't understand how that was possible.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Comet Crafts Daniel Did Equivalent Foot He How Just Left Like Make Me Observe Possible Roles Seeing Set Tea Understand Would

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There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.

~Dee Dee Myers

Topics: Against Bottom Bottom Line Business Easily Equivalent Essential Experiences Get Governing Helping Hold Job Keeping Kid Like Line Measured People Public Public Sector Range School Sector Skills Someone Those Value

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