Bitcoin has the potential to destroy credit cards and banks as we know it. Maybe that is a good thing or a bad thing, but I like the idea that if someone needs to remit payments, they can do it without being gouged.
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BECKY G I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I re... DAVID CARRADINE The single biggest change for us has been having to sacrifice a lot of your personal life. I don't k... ALEJANDRO ROSSO We'd obviously realized at this stage that if we wrote something in a show that got repeated, then w... GRAHAM CHAPMAN She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it. A.A. MILNE I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what ... ZOOEY DESCHANEL It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right t... PHILIP PULLMAN It's always been true that the Miss America pageant has to do whatever is necessary for its prosperi... LEONARD HORN It's brainstorming, but, if someone has a good idea, we are willing to try it. BILL VASICEK Aesthetically, I don't really like the blond, tan thing. I am pale. So I may as well embrace the... 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