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I grew up as a fanboy and a giant nerd, and I mean that in the most loving sense. I loved playing 'Dungeons and Dragons.'


Derek Mears

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DEREK LANDY Emergency Valve Regulators," she repeated. "So you do know what your doing?
"Not really," he sa...
DEREK LANDY Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests ...
DEREK BOK Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to...
DEREK BOK My character is an agoraphobic. She is afraid to leave her home or wherever her safe place is and in...
BO DEREK It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected th...
BO DEREK It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but other wise t...
BO DEREK I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so ...
BO DEREK I found my love when I was 17-years-old and my love is one hundred percent honest. We've never had a...
BO DEREK Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really.
BO DEREK Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I ...
BO DEREK "10" was amazing! I had no career before "10" and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much ...
BO DEREK All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your se...
DEREK JARMAN I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this perso...
DEREK JETER I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distract...
DEREK JETER I don't regard the fact that there's a disparity in test scores nearly as importantly as I d...
DEREK BOK That took the wind out of our sail, that's for sure. You'd like it not to, but that's a pretty big h...
DEREK AVERY Our success will depend on how fast the juniors and sophomores can adjust to the varsity game. We ha...
DEREK AVERY He's not only big and strong, he's got moves. They were just better than we were tonight. They're go...
DEREK AVERY Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do ...
DEREK AVERY He's a big kid. We have to be able to wrap up and gang tackle. We have to be ready for a physical ga...
DEREK AVERY Their quarterback can run and throw well. They have an end that has speed and their halfback is 215 ...
DEREK AVERY We didn't do a very good job at defending tonight. A few times, our corners got sealed inside and we...
DEREK AVERY We're delighted with the quality of all submissions. We are committed to publishing as many new voic...
DEREK ARMSTRONG I like it better than running because running kills my knees. It's just fun to get up in the mountai...
DEREK ARMSTRONG They got a good hockey team over there and they battle hard every night. It's nice to get an extra p...
DEREK ARMSTRONG It's a terrible way to lose, like that. We definitely played hard as a team, (but) we only got one p...
DEREK ARMSTRONG It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a good way...
DEREK ARMSTRONG The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about the...
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