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"Well, we go to different corners of the room, and we face the wall." PRESIDENT BUSH, joking during a press conference at the conclusion of the G-8 summit ON SEA ISLAND, GA., when asked what meetings are like with world leaders who have not supported him on the war in Iraq

"Any meddling by NATO in this region seems to us to carry great risks ... We have indicated clearly that we cannot accept a mission of that type." JACQUES CHIRAC, French President, after the G-8 summit, saying that NATO is unlikely to supply any troops to assist the U.S. in Iraq

"There's a reason why we sign these treaties--to protect my son in the military. That's why we have these treaties, so when Americans are captured, they're not tortured." SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN, in an angry exchange with Attorney General John Ashcroft, during testimony about a Justice Department memo in which lawyers argued the U.S. was not bound by international treaties against torture while interrogating suspected members of al-Qaeda

"I have to decide whether to pardon him. But not right away-- after the investigation, after the state gets more publicity." BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico Governor, on pardoning notorious 19th century outlaw Billy the Kid

"The state of Texas has a lot of money invested in the slogan, and we definitely want people to know it's a litter-prevention message. It's not a macho message." DORIS HOWDESHELL, director of the travel division at the Texas Transportation Department, on the slogan "Don't mess with Texas"

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." LEO TOLSTOY, in the opening lines of Anna Karenina, his 1870s novel that is No. 1 on the best-seller list after being picked for Oprah's Book Club

Sources: NBC Nightly News; New York Times; Los Angeles Times; Boston Globe; AP; Anna Karenina