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My favorite among the quotes is the Beatles reminder that "Love is all you need."

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  1. transitive verb To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source.
  2. transitive verb To cite or refer to for illustration or proof.
  3. transitive verb To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.
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  • As with our existing quotes feature, the quotes are automatically selected from Google News articles.
  • It includes a number of quotes from the Chinese employee who among other things is highly critical of working conditions, there, stating emphatically, "it shows no respects to human rights". —  p2pnet news
  • ALL their quotes should be at the ready, to be pulled at will and thrown in their faces, joined to a clear and comprehensive view of how the vehicles of FM and FM served to make many many people rich, while it ultimately knocked down the house of cards it created, and stripped billions of dollars of wealth from all the innocent people it hurt. —  Latest Articles
  • Yet, my quotes from the National Sea Ice Data Center shows the dishonesty of this tactic. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • He corrects the translators and holds up his original testimony in German, quotes from the Koran and accuses the judge of bias. —  Gates of Vienna
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