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"The information was correct, but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute." MOHAMMED SAEED-AL SAHHAF, former Iraqi Information Minister (a.k.a. Baghdad Bob), who spoke of an Iraqi victory even as U.S. troops were approaching Baghdad, speaking on Arab television

"The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club." HOWARD DEAN, former Vermont Governor, formally announcing his candidacy for President several days after his son was arrested for aiding a break-in at a country club

"All countries are probably now going to be SARS-free within the next two to three weeks." DAVID HEYMANN, director of the World Health Organization's communicable-diseases division, adding that there's a possibility SARS will resurface in China next winter

"I hear kids crying in the background. There's nothing we can do. They're gone." MARGIE VALADEZ, Roto-Rooter dispatcher, on calls from parents whose kids, in the spirit of Finding Nemo, try to send their fish back to the ocean by flushing them down the toilet

"I think it's going to be fifty-fifty." LEBRON JAMES, NBA No. 1 overall draft pick, when asked whether his primary allegiance would be to his new team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, or his sneaker company, Nike

"I just can't go and cry my heart out on Larry King, which I wouldn't mind doing. You just can't do that not in this situation." MARTHA STEWART, domestic diva, on her reputation-shattering battle with the Justice Department over securities-fraud charges, on the eve of the launch of her new food magazine

"I've been told that you want to come and live in America. You're more than welcome to come and live in my house." OZZY OSBOURNE, rocker and TV phenomenon, offering Prince William a place to stay

Sources: Los Angeles Times, Burlington Free Press, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, AP, Business Week, AP