“Look at what has happened to Miami. It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country.”

— Tom Tancredo

Furor Grows Over Tancredo's 'Third World' Comments http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_334130336.html (November 30, 2006).

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You're a riot.”

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“The essence of what you have to say you pick up before you're twenty.”

Patrick White (1912–1990) English-born Australian writer

In The Making (1970)

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“Whenever you look back and say, "If," you know you're in trouble. There's no such thing as "if." The only thing that counts is what really happened.”

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Variant: Whenever you look back and say "if" you know you're in trouble. There is no such thing as "if". The only thing that matters is what really happened.
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“Look at what has happened to Miami. It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country.”

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