Nicholas A. Christakis
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ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO I just hope we have been a positive influence on Charleston entertainment. It means a lot more to me... JOE MELI A Ritual to Read to Each OtherWILLIAM STAFFORD Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD MIKE DIRNT It's not about me, it's not about any one guy on this team. We know we can rely on each other. If on... DEVIN WADA E. 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JESMYN WARD PHIL MCGRAW When it's a hot day like this, when it's 90 degrees down here, it's about 107 to 108 degrees up ther... GERARD BAKER If you are saying the same thing as everyone else, then why would and why should anyone think you ar... LOREN WEISMAN We need to forgive ourselves and everyone else for NOT being perfect. LINDA MASEMORE PIRRUNG REM KOOLHAAS We tested here three weeks ago and it was dry and sunny, about 85-degrees. The weather is supposed t... MARC BUNTING It will change everything. We won't need governments and corporations. The very concepts our economi... VALIS UMBRA We're a very success-driven culture, which is such a downer at times. Even if you don't thin... COURTNEY BARNETT You know... we all have stories. We all have unique experiences that make each and everyone of us di... G. BRIAN BENSON ABHIJIT NASKAR DEYTH BANGER I think the one thing about our success is that we don't really have any one superstar. You have to ... DINA GRAVES I think we can step up right now. We're halfway there on our contributions. We're working on a plan ... JEFF KASKO When you TRULY accept yourself, everyone else will do the same. Relationships "mirror" what we belie... SHANNON TANNER With all due respect to everyone, there is no question that if AJ is fit, he starts, ... That is whe... IAIN DOWIE Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to figh... ELIZABETH WARREN IMAN KATHERINE KELLY Watch for someone else to screw up, and then quietly point it out to everyone else, IAN ROSENBERGER We did six records, then six movies. Now we need to do six of something else, so we get 666 - and th... CHEECH MARIN PETER DAVID I think everyone finds it harder to drag yourself through the day. I think we're all affected by it ... DR. CULLEN SCHWEMER RUDYARD KIPLING HUGH LAURIE BJORN LOMBORG The maintenance crews use four-foot thermometers to monitor the mix. We need to reach 130 degrees fo... 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She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. 
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I'm just going to draw out three at random, and everyone else can just lump it. 
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In the six degrees of separation, not all degrees are equal. 
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