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'He feels he's doing what he needs to do, and he seems to me at peace with himself.'

HENRY KISSINGER, former U.S. Secretary of State, on President George W. Bush's steadfastness in response to increasingly low approval ratings and an unpopular war in Iraq

'I ordered my bodyguards to take over because I got tired of beating them myself.'

KIM SEUNG-YOUN, one of South Korea's wealthiest businessmen, who was sentenced to 11/2 years in prison for abducting and assaulting Seoul karaoke-bar workers who had fought with his son, a student at Yale

'Let the cards fall where they fall. We have no control over it at this point. It's just impossible to come up with a rational explanation for what happened.'

MICHAEL BENOIT, father of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and son before committing suicide last week. Federal agents are investigating whether Chris Benoit was improperly prescribed testosterone

'I'm more of a man than any liberal.'

ANN COULTER, controversial conservative commentator, on her aggressive stance toward politicians like John Edwards

'The empire has created a real killing machine.'

FIDEL CASTRO, recovering Cuban leader, lambasting U.S. foreign policy in a July 1 essay in Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper, Juventud Rebelde

'In politics, as in sports, there is always competition.'

VLADIMIR PUTIN, President of Russia, on shaky U.S.-Russia relations. Putin was the first foreign leader invited by George W. Bush to his family's compound in Kennebunkport, Maine

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