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Jo Brand Comedian, Writer
Relief

"I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are duty bound to anyway."

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Barack Obama Politician
Relief

"Now that Iran's actions have been verified, it can begin to receive relief from certain nuclear sanctions and gain access to its own money that had been frozen."

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Paul Ryan Politician
Relief

"There is relief coming. This is good for America. This means that we can lift the oppressive weight of the regulatory state. We can restore the Constitution."

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Dhani Harrison Musician
Relief

"It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before."

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Cat Stevens Singer-songwriter
Relief

"It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims, and in my case it directly impacts on my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist. The harm done is often difficult to repair."

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Catherine Tate Actress
Relief

"I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral."

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Christopher Hitchens Author, Critic, Journalist
Relief

"It's amazing how relaxing it is not to claim you know more than you do. I'm surprised that those who claim to speak in the name of god don't take more advantage of this relief."

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Claude Bernard Physiologist
Relief

"If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation."

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Angelina Jolie Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian
Relief

"It is wonderful to hear of the relief efforts that are finally coming to New Orleans and the rest of the region, but as well all know, it is simply not going to be enough."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Relief

"Old age brings along with its uglinesses the comfort that you will soon be out of it, - which ought to be a substantial relief to such discontented pendulums as we are."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
Relief

"No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature."

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