Notable Quotes

HOLLYWOOD (Reuter) - They said it -- Notable quotes from the wire:

"We can all be grateful, therefore, that there will be one less turkey in Washington, D.C. tomorrow."

-- PRESIDENT CLINTON, upholding a 50-year White House tradition to spare one turkey from Thanksgiving dinner by granting it a presidential "pardon."

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"There's a lot of violence underlying Thanksgiving."

-- KAREN DAVIS, founder of the Washington-area animal rights group United Poultry Concerns, on the turkey feasting tradition of Thanksgiving.

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"His hands are awash with blood. It goes against public opinion and shows a total disrespect for animal life."

-- LES WARD, director of the Edinburgh-based group Advocates For Animals, on reports that PRINCESS DIANA's eldest son, PRINCE WILLIAM, had shot his first stag on a hunting trip with his father, PRINCE CHARLES, in the Scottish Highlands.

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"Although we made a great deal of money from the crash, we were really upset about it and felt terrible for the people who were killed."

-- South African tourist MARINDA GOUWS, whose home video recording of the crash of a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane she and her husband sold to Worldwide Television News for $65,000.

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"You could be Bill Clinton's son, but you still have to be good at what you do. Having a name just really makes it that much harder ..."

-- IKE TURNER JR., on the difficulty he has had emulating the success of his father and stepmother, IKE and TINA TURNER.

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"That made me reach for the Xanax."

-- Screen actor SYLVESTER STALLONE, on turning 50 years old in July.

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"Fifty is really the beginning of the end. You see the end. The wall is there and the wall is visible. Before it wasn't visible so much. Now it is and you see it."

-- Fellow Hollywood star DIANE KEATON, on reaching the half-century mark.

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"That's the favorite song of Bill Clinton, so you have to prepare. When he visits you, you will surprise him."

-- Philippine President FIDEL RAMOS, complimenting Chinese President JIANG ZEMIN on his rendition of the ELVIS PRESLEY hit "Love Me Tender" aboard a pleasure cruise on Manila Bay.

Reuters/Variety