"If they don't kill me, I am going to win the 2013 elections, " Oviedo told Paraguay's La Nacion newspaper in 2011.

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They couldn't kill me - not here, of course.

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He prowls Patagonia's headquarters, in Ventura, California, checking in on new designs (he showed me a sturdy down jacket that felt about as heavy as a paperclip and then said he'd kill me before telling me how they make it) and tinkering with a lightweight camp stove of his own invention at his desk.

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They made me want to fight with lightsabers, kill some Sith (or maybe some Jedi) and explore the galaxy.

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When I was a prison doctor, not a few prisoners would demand tranquillizers from me, claiming to be so agitated that they would soon kill someone if they were not calmed down.

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On the way here, your Prime Minister was telling me about all the deadly animals that could kill you if they bite you. (Laughter.) There seems to be a surplus of those here in Australia.

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"When you have people taken hostage in such large numbers by terrorists with such cold determination and ready to kill those hostages - as they did - Algeria has an approach which to me, as I see it, is the most appropriate because there could be no negotiation, " he told journalists.

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