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• Guess who's running for president? Jeb Bush. Jeb was governor of Florida and he speaks fluent Spanish, which raises the question: What language did his brother speak? What was that?

  David Letterman

  Running, Florida, President

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• Jeb Bush's brother Neil said that their mother has 'come around' to the idea of Jeb running for president in 2016. Because if there's anything that says you're qualified to be president, it's your own mom saying, 'I guess you could do it.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Mom, Mother, Running

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• Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare. A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare, A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare! Punch, brothers! punch with care! Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

  Mark Twain

  Eight, Blue, Three

  Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). “Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews”, p.422, University of Alabama Press

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• My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.

  Naomi Shihab Nye

  Revenge, Father, War

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• The danger isn't that Big Brother may storm the castle gates. The danger is that Americans don't realize that he is already inside the castle walls.

  Wayne LaPierre

  Wall, Storm, Castles

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• I wanted my friends in the video because to leave a hard place, you need the support of your loved ones. My friends have always done that for me. I had my best girlfriends there, my brother, my guy friends who are like brothers to me and my team who's had my back through my journey. My lead guy was a good friend of mine and a talented artist named Quincy. He's such a cool guy and I felt he would be perfect for the video along with a cameo from Don Benjamin.

  Jasmine V

  Girlfriend, Team, Good Friend

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• Interestingly enough after diving to 235 feet in Saba, I visited the Virgin Islands. There, as a pure Karmic coincidence, I met the inventor of the snowboard, Steve Sanders, Mr. Burton's brother.

  Frederick Lenz

  Islands, Feet, Diving

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• Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Football, Cousin

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• Faith-healing is peculiar enough at the best of times, but applying it to football merits a special league of barking. Why would God bother to perform a miracle that enabled Sol Campbell to yell Oh holy Jesus, now I can win the ball in the air. It's been five years since I could defend from corners, brothers and sisters, it's a miracle.

  Mark Steel

  Soccer, Football, Jesus

  “Spot the balls” by Mark Steel, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 1999.

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• Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men are brothers. To the degree that I harm my brother, no matter what he is doing to me, to that extent I am harming myself.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Mean, Men

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

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• This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn't want them to lose friends. He is his family's hero.

  Adam Sandler

  Children, Growing Up, Hero

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• My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

  Olivier Martinez

  Father, Years, Champion

  "Olivier Martinez: Liberté, Egalité, Sensualité - Enter a New International Heartthrob". Interview with Vince Passaro, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 2002.

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• I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.

  Debby Ryan

  Vision, Helping, Producers

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• Growing up, I had a very normal relationship with my brother and sister. But, over time, they became my best friends, and now I hang out with them all the time. I'm very close with them.

  Logan Lerman

  Growing Up, My Best Friend, Normal

  "Get to Know Fall's Hot Guys!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, Slide 5, www.seventeen.com. September 19, 2011.

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• My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.

  Darrell Issa

  Careers, Long, My Brother

  "Issa's Rags-to-Riches Tale Has Some Ugly Chapters" by Eric Lichtblau, articles.latimes.com. May 23, 1998.

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• Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on October 29th, 1949. With my brother Adolfas, we wanted to make a film about displaced persons, how one feels being uprooted from one's home.

  Jonas Mekas

  New York, Home, Organization

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• Fear is the brother of hate.

  Larry Niven

  Fear, Hate

  "Ringworld". Book by Larry Niven, 1970.

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• Animals have their tragic and their comic side, and resemble us in many ways. They, too, have their distinctions and individualities. Many people believe that there is a huge gap separating them from the animals, but it is only really a step in the Wheel of Life, for we are all children of the One. To understand a fellow creature, we must regard him as a brother.

  Manfred Kyber

  Children, Believe, Equality

  Manfred Kyber (1967). “Among animals: the collected animal stories”

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• Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus. In the same way, they are responsible for helping us. We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Mean, Fighting

  David Platt (2013). “What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?”, p.39, Tyndale House

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• Extraterrestri als are living now on Earth. They are everywhere, among your friends, neighbors, even your relatives. Their blood flows through our veins. We are as much brothers and sisters to beings from the stars as we are to animals of the Earth.

  Dolores Cannon

  Stars, Animal, Blood

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• My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.

  J. Cole

  Girl, Mom, Dream

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• I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money.

  George J. Mitchell

  School, Army, Thinking

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• My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

  Fiona Shaw

  Mother, Uncles, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

  Tony Hale

  Brooks Brothers, Brooks, Bipartisan

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• I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.

  Josephus

  Mother, Memories, Father

  Flavius Josephus (1824). “The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: Containing four books of the Antiquities of the Jews. With the life of Josephus”, p.202

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