He quoted a passage from the minister's speech.

他引用了部长的一段讲话。

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Mr. Mondale quoted from Truman in his speech.

蒙代尔先生在讲话中引用了杜鲁门的话。

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At Howard University earlier this month, music mogul Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs quoted the late rapper Biggie Smalls in his speech to graduates.

本月初，音乐界巨头“吹牛老爹”肖恩·康姆斯在霍华德大学向毕业生作演讲时，引用了已故说唱歌手比基·斯莫兹的话。

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"I hope to be the last rebel chief president of Central Africa, " he said in a speech quoted by AFP.

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"Similarly, for other areas prone to shortages, I will put Hong Kong people first, " an official draft of his speech quoted him as saying, in apparent acknowledgment of tensions over an influx of visitors and money from the mainland.

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Pope Benedict's efforts to address the cultural divisions between Islam and Christianity briefly stirred controversy in 2006 when the pontiff delivered an academic speech that quoted a Byzantine emperor making deprecating remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.

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