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EDWARD WHITACRE We have not determined any time frame ... but it certainly a terrific option that's available. EDWARD WHITACRE We will provide a competitive, integrated mix of local, long distance, Internet and high-speed data ... EDWARD WHITACRE This transaction ? will transform us from a regional company to a new kind of company that uses its ... EDWARD WHITACRE The AT&T brand reflects what customers are looking for. They want the latest technology and services... EDWARD WHITACRE With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the ... ERIC WHITACRE I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now ... ERIC WHITACRE There must be four or five hundred choirs here in London alone. In a way, there's nowhere else o... ERIC WHITACRE When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in ... ERIC WHITACRE I wouldn't say that I'm actually trying to cause chills in the audience, but certainly my go... ERIC WHITACRE People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They... ERIC WHITACRE The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and int... ERIC WHITACRE I wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of. To be more accurate, I... ERIC WHITACRE Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been ... ERIC WHITACRE Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also record... ERIC WHITACRE I'm not a culture snob. So while, of course, I think the Mozart 'Requiem' or, say, Beeth... ERIC WHITACRE An application scoring 148 may get funded and 149 might not. (The NIH) has to draw a line where the ... CAROLINE WHITACRE You can't just sit around and do nothing while you're waiting - you have to kind of piggyback on som... CAROLINE WHITACRE Each time you submit a grant, it's almost a year down the drain. CAROLINE WHITACRE As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul an... ERIC WHITACRE For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national t... ERIC WHITACRE AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period. ED WHITACRE This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of ... ED WHITACRE There's been a lot of talk about this in order to scare people into thinking that access to the Inte... ED WHITACRE It's a realization that the world is changing and it's changing faster and faster. We saw that the s... ED WHITACRE We literally have hundreds of competitors coming in every day; it's nothing like the old days. If we... ED WHITACRE This merger is a logical next step. ED WHITACRE No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effec... ED WHITACRE It was the right thing for the company, ED WHITACRE This is the brand that will lead the industry in ED WHITACRE This is a superior management team. They are the best in the industry, and I am confident they will ... ED WHITACRE I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In ma... ERIC WHITACRE To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with... ERIC WHITACRE I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory. ERIC WHITACRE When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you... ERIC WHITACRE For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing. ERIC WHITACRE I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always come... ERIC WHITACRE When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so ex... ERIC WHITACRE I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either. ERIC WHITACRE A really good poem is full of music. ERIC WHITACRE The future is like a corridor into which we can see only by the light coming from behind. EDWARD WEYER JR. The lawyer's first thought in the morning is how to handle the case of the ringing alarm clock. EDWARD PACKARD, JR. Law students are trained in the case method, and to the lawyer everything in life looks like a case. EDWARD PACKARD, JR. To reach a child's mind, first reach a child's heart. EDWARD MOONEY, JR. Law students are trained in the case method, and to the lawyer everything in life looks like a case. EDWARD PACKARD JR. I'm old, old enough to play baseball or football. I'm not eight yet. 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ALEXANDER JR It's an attempt to protect the little guy from himself. H&R Block is helping people become first-tim... ALEXANDER JR JR. KREBS JR. TEAGUE Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one ... JR. MURCHISON It will be good, ... I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage p... ANGEL JR. If Indian Vale is as good as we think she is and she runs her race, she'll make me look good, ... If... ANGEL JR. No, that's good enough for me. ANGEL JR. Since he ran in the Dwyer he started getting better and better, ANGEL JR. I love this horse, and I really love him in the Travers. He's fit and sound and eager. He's like a f... ANGEL JR. She was struggling to stay there, ... She was aggressive for the first quarter of a mile. She's a be... ANGEL JR. It would have been better if I had won, ... But it's nice to know that people still love the horses ... ANGEL JR. He's a very nice horse, very well behaved, ... I'm proud to get on a horse like that. He's probably ... ANGEL JR. When he's good, I call him 'Al-ley,' like Muhammad Ali, ANGEL JR. Drugs are not always necessary, but belief in recovery always is. ANGEL JR. He's in a lot of pain, but he's more comfortable then he was last night. ANGEL JR It's beautiful here. I am very impressed. It's like a dream. I've never seen stuff like this before.... ANGEL JR I'm not trying to prove a point. I'm not trying to prove anything. I just want to get it out of my s... ANGEL JR She was struggling to stay there. She was aggressive for the first quarter of a mile. She's a better... ANGEL JR It will be good. I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage peopl... ANGEL JR He's been the most dominant rider the last 15 years, and one of the most accomplished riders ever. H... ANGEL JR It would have been better if I had won. But it's nice to know that people still love the horses and ... ANGEL JR Since he ran in the Dwyer he started getting better and better. When he won the Jim Dandy, he was do... ANGEL JR If Indian Vale is as good as we think she is and she runs her race, she'll make me look good. If I m... ANGEL JR He's a very nice horse, very well behaved. I'm proud to get on a horse like that. He's probably one ... ANGEL JR Righteousness is easy in retrospect. ARTHUR JR. The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. ARTHUR JR. Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. ARTHUR JR. We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and... ARTHUR JR. She'd given her pledge of confidentiality. She was prepared to honor that. We were going to support ... ARTHUR JR Today's decision means everyone loses. The Times has lost this case and will now undertake the diffi... ARTHUR JR Journalists should not have to face the prospect of imprisonment for doing nothing more than aggress... ARTHUR JR This car had her hand on the wheel because she was the one at risk. ARTHUR JR This is a very serious crime. Once the hackers are identified, we will prosecute them to the full ex... ARTHUR JR We have it kind of down to a science now. But we enjoy doing it. It's so much fun. ARTHUR JR We are grateful to Judy for her significant personal sacrifice to defend an important journalistic p... ARTHUR JR It's not a Community Unity Day unless everyone is represented. We should all be there together. ARTHUR JR We are trying to make a product, a news experience, that more fully engages our readers, that allows... ARTHUR JR Maybe a deal was possible earlier. And maybe, in retrospect, looking back, you could say this was a ... ARTHUR JR I loved it when we played it last time (in 2002). Absolutely loved it. It was one of the coolest fes... 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