Top 10 Quotes of the Year

Tie for first place

"I'm not a witch." Christine O'Donnell, television advertisement, Oct. 4, 2010.

O'Donnell Witchcraft Quote Among Year's Top 10
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Tie for first place

"I'd like my life back." BP CEO Tony Hayward, comment to reporters, May 30, 2010.

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"If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested." airline passenger John Tyner, remark to Transportation Security Administration worker at San Diego airport, Nov. 13, 2010.

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"Don't retreat. Instead - reload!" Sarah Palin, Tweet, March 23, 2010.

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"Chi! Chi! Chi! Le! Le! Le! Los mineros de Chile!" Chant at Chilean mine rescue, Oct. 13, 2010.

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"I hope that's not where we're going, but you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies. They're saying: My goodness, what can we do to turn this country around?" Sharron Angle, radio interview in January 2010.

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"We have to pass the (health care) bill so you can find out what is in it." Nancy Pelosi, speech to National Association of Counties, March 9, 2010.

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"I'm going to take my talents to South Beach." basketball star LeBron James, announcing his decision to sign with the Miami Heat in a television broadcast, July 8, 2010.

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"You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?" Christine O'Donnell, Delaware senatorial debate, Oct. 19, 2010. (The Associated Press reported the quote: "So you're telling me that the separation of church and state, the phrase 'separation of church and state,' is in the First Amendment?")

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"They should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour." Prime Minister Gordon Brown, comments about a voter he met while campaigning for British general election, Apr. 28, 2010.

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