Briefing

'I'm the President and I'm always responsible.'

1. BARACK OBAMA, during the presidential debate with Mitt Romney on Oct. 16, addressing the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya; the previous day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had assumed blame

'I think you know that these last four years haven't been so good as the President just described.'

2. MITT ROMNEY, during the same debate, after Obama ticked off a list of his first-term accomplishments, including health care and Wall Street reforms

'I'm coming home.'

3. FELIX BAUMGARTNER, Austrian daredevil, before skydiving 24 miles from the stratosphere; at one point,...

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