Ken and I were colleagues in the Senate, and I appointed him because I knew that he would be a faithful and pragmatic steward of our natural resources.

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"I was in a state of panic, because I didn't want to leave him in the orphanage because I knew they didn't have medication to take care of him, " Madonna said.

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He admitted that, when he saw me coming, he had decided not to play him because he knew that if I saw him I would take him.

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Obviously I wanted to avoid him getting by because I knew I was going to get faster once the first couple of laps got going.

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"I didn't expect to finish that quickly but I knew I could beat him because he had slow feet and slow hands, " Khan said.

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Mr Longmore, an Independent, said he had selected him "because I knew Barry's capabilities".

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' I looked at Justin and I was like, You're not giving that record away, because I knew how important that record was to him and what it meant for him as a writer to finally get songs.

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Jeffrey Archer knew of my dilemma because I was careful to keep him informed.

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My husband met me at about 75 feet on the way up and I gave him a wink and a smile because I knew at that point that I'd done it.

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"Just because he got married didn't make him less my son, but I knew he had to spend his attention on the other lady, " she says.

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