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(asked by Rolling Stone if there was a "gay undercurrent" in his character Capt. Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean` films) Well, there was a great book I read . . . What was it called? "Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition". A very interesting book. I wasn`t exactly going for that with the character. And Keith is not flamboyant in his actions. Keith is pretty stealth. But with Jack, it was more that I liked the idea of being ambiguous, of taking this character and making everything a little bit . . . questionable. Because women were thought to be bad luck on ships. And these pirates would go out for years at a time. So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might lead to another.

- Johnny Depp

"Everyone looked the same, everyone had it down to such a perfect T. You get bored. That`s when you have to say, `I will be worst-dressed.`", on her questionable choice of Oscar attire this year (2004)

- Uma Thurman

Well, there was a great book I read. . . . What was it called? Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition. A very interesting book. I wasn`t exactly going for that with the character. And Keith is not flamboyant in his actions. Keith is pretty stealth. But with Jack, it was more that I liked the idea of being ambiguous, of taking this character and making everything a little bit . . . questionable. Because women were thought to be bad luck on ships. And these pirates would go out for years at a time. So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might lead to another. (when asked by Rolling Stone if there is a "gay undercurrent" to his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies)

- Johnny Depp

It all sounded questionable. ... I just hope if it`s a false accusation, that the amount of media attention focused on the players, the same amount of attention is put on their innocence.

- Adam Levine

It`s very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice`s life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.

- Barry Gibb

Our investigations showed that while in past years there were questionable things that occurred ... this is not wide-spread,

- Jennifer Robinson

With a record of 75 fights and 6 losses, some of the losses were very questionable including Brian Nielsen when we fought in Denmark. I knew I won but they didn`t give me that fight.

- Larry Holmes

It was a wild one today. The wind was howling and we had a few questionable calls from the judges go against us. I feel good heading into tomorrow. An 11-point deficit isn`t too hard to overcome.

- Andy Johnson

These attractions can open in six months, but it`s questionable whether there will be any tourists there by then. It`s going to be years before the New Orleans tourist industry comes back. Once engineers get inside a lot of those buildings, they`ll discover damage that wasn`t visible. A lot of buildings will have to be torn down or completely rebuilt.

- Steve Baker

If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could be put in charge of determining what is and is not allowed to appear online.

- John Doolittle

symbolizes how two-faced he is, talking about his war reputation, which is questionable on the one hand, and then coming out against our veterans who were fighting over there on the other.

- Sam Johnson

There are a lot of guys on both campaigns, on all the campaigns now, who do some very questionable lobbying on behalf of very questionable interests and do things that trouble me a whole lot more than a woman writing a book about masturbation.

- Susan Estrich

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.

- Abdoulaye Sarr

Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.

- Alonzo Jackson

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

- Amber Bacon

The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people`s money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research.

- Andre Godin

The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles.

- Andre Leon Talley

Anderson`s muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.

- Andrew Camillo

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you`ll never build an enduring business.

- Andrew Holness

I wasn`t surprised. He`s well known for doing that sort of thing. He gave me a questionable check and I was not happy and I let him know it. I gave him a glove in the face...we won, so I`ll take it.

- Andy Briscoe

that in the vast majority of hurricanes, other than those in Florida in 2004, complaints are rife that FEMA has vastly underpaid hurricane victims. The Frances overpayments are questionable given the timing of the election and Florida`s importance as a battleground state.

- Anne Phillips

While I understand that in some circumstances the issue of `missing` tests is often questionable, there is no doubt in my mind that Rochelle is not in any way at fault for the missing thirdgrade reading tests, and there is nothing questionable about this situation,

- Arthur Cayley

It seems very likely that someone could have funded her account and made these questionable trades.

- Arthur Christiansen

ODORS ARE ALWAYS OF QUESTIONABLE PARENTAGE AND NEVER OF NOBLE BIRTH.

- Barnett Kramer

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day`s toil of any human being.

- John Stuart Mill