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It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal. -- Malala Yousafzai
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. -- Tom Lehrer
Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize. -- Tom Lehrer
I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently. -- Joely Fisher
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF. -- Anatoly Karpov
I feel a deep emotion and pride for the honor of having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992. -- Rigoberta Menchu
Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged. -- Kat Edmonson
That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned. -- Scott Aukerman
Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday. -- Steven Pinker
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament. -- Sean Connery
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson. -- Nancy Gibbs
My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that he could continue to support his family. -- Tony Visconti
In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will. -- Boris Pasternak
One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias. -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis. -- Wilhelm Ostwald
On the one hand, she is cut off from the protection awarded to her sisters abroad; on the other, she has no such power to defend her interests at the polls, as is the heritage of her brothers at home. -- Florence Kelley
The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list. -- Jack Kilby
I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit. -- Jung Chang
It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record. -- Joe Baca
It is a great honor to be awarded a Nobel Prize. This is a wonderful experience for my wife Betty and me. We received congratulations by email, phone and post, many from old friends we had not seen for some time. -- Willard Boyle
Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China. It was thwarted in its attempt to hold the 2000 Olympics, which, as a result of American-led pressure, was awarded to Sydney. -- Martin Jacques
My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed away. And there was no doubt in my mind that if he were still alive, he would have been a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize. -- Myron Scholes
To Kill a Mockingbird' appeared to highly favorable reviews and quickly climbed to the top of bestseller lists, where it remained for more than eighty weeks. In 1961, the novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. A film adaptation was released in 1962, starring Gregory Peck, and received three Academy Awards. -- Charles J. Shields
The era during which only governments could put hardware on the Moon is coming to an end. There are 26 private teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize - to be awarded for sending a robotic spacecraft to this nearby world that can roam at least 500 meters, and send back data such as a photo. -- Seth Shostak
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then as a grad student at Harvard, I was awarded a pre-doctoral traveling fellowship to India, where my focus was on the ancient systems of psychology and meditation practices of Asia. -- Daniel Goleman
When I was in high school, I lettered in math. The only thing that was important was football. There were two other letters that were awarded each year. One was in math and one was in science. I got the math one. But you didn't put it on a letter sweater and wear it around because they'd be throwing you in a wastebasket upside down on your head. -- David M. Kelley
Greatness is won, not awarded. -- Guy Kawasaki
To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty -- Thomas Aquinas
God's delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest. -- Max Lucado
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence. -- John C. Maxwell
I'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer. -- Peter Lik
There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair. -- Antonio Munoz Molina
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF -- Anatoly Karpov
The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do. -- Betty Williams
I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day. -- David Millar
If the Nobel Prize was awarded by a woman, it would go to the inventor of the dimmer switch. -- Kathy Lette
A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought. -- Stephen Hawking
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. -- Chanakya
The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- Najib Razak
A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke. -- Joshua Lederberg
NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it. -- Ambrose Bierce
Nothing is quite so horrifying and paralyzing as to win the Oedipal struggle and to be awarded your mother as the prize. -- Frank Pittman
I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables. -- Rabih Alameddine
He couldn't understand how he was awarded medals and honors for clubbing and bayoneting people, and be called a barbarian for killing seals. -- Geoff Butler
If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze. -- Charles R. Swindoll
And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting? -- Jandy Nelson
Two Americans have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. They are the first to figure out all the charges on their telephone bill. -- Jay Leno
I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has an extra large glove box. -- Sparky Anderson
Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier to come by. -- Terry Rossio
If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the Nobel Prize was awarded to Crick, Watson and Wilkins. -- Ava Helen Pauling
But they also awarded a quite respectable 55th place to Enoch Powell, thereby demonstrating that, for certain sections of the population, being an unpleasant racist constitutes no bar to greatness. -- Marc Morris
It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment. -- James Russell Lowell
I think Super Tuesday is the most important day of this entire primary election. It is the most delegates awarded in a single night will be awarded on Super Tuesday. -- Ted Cruz
If we don't want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET, and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you're only awarded if you're black. -- Stacey Dash
I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21. -- Joshua Lederberg
But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. -- Thucydides
They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George. -- Audrey Meadows
Homosexuals in Russia live in peace, work, are promoted, receive national awards for their achievements in science, art or any other sphere, medals are awarded to them, I have awarded them myself. -- Vladimir Putin
Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them? -- Charles Bradlaugh
On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic message: 'Blood, toil, sweat and tears always were a good mixture'. -- Max Perutz
I find it bitterly ironic that the bulk of the money a medical-malpractice jury awarded to Terri [Schaivo] for use in making her better instead went into Mr. Felos's pocket to make her dead. -- Wesley J. Smith
Election victories increasingly depend on factors other than who votes, or tries to vote, and for whom. In 2000, the presidency was awarded by the Supreme Court, pre-empting the count of thousands of Florida votes. -- Mimi Kennedy

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