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"It is unlikely that Iraq could have destroyed, hidden or sent out of the country the hundreds of tons of chemical and biological weapons ... that officials claimed were present without the United States detecting some sign of this activity." CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, in a report alleging that the Bush Administration misrepresented the threat from illicit weapons in Iraq

"I have not seen [a] smoking gun, concrete evidence about the connection, but I think the possibility of such connections did exist, and it was prudent to consider them at the time." COLIN POWELL, Secretary of State, in response to continued doubts about links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, one of the reasons the Bush Administration cited for going to war

"If I can sell tickets to my movies like Red Sonja or Last Action Hero, you know I can sell just about anything." ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of California, promising to lure more jobs to the state

"You love the thrill of trying to do something that's almost undoable. This is as close to that as you could get." JOE GIBBS, former Washington Redskins coach, who is returning to his team, which has gone to the play-offs only once in the 11 years since he left

"I believe the reason I smoke and drink and my wife is overweight is because we watched TV every day for the last four years." TIMOTHY DUMOUCHEL, who threatened to sue a cable company for providing free cable for four years after he asked that it be canceled

"I've never aligned myself with a presidential candidate during the primary season. But this time, the stakes are too high." MADONNA, on her website, endorsing Democratic candidate Wesley Clark for President

Sources: AP (2); Los Angeles Times; Washington Post; Fond du Lac Reporter; madonna.com