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I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book.


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ROBERT FRASER Before they put this money in Paulson's pocket, they ought to take care of the retirees.
WAYNE FRASER I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out...
BRENDAN FRASER We haven't heard from them. I think no one is likely to mistake our prize for the Booker Prize.
STEPHEN FRASER You can't run a steel company like a cash machine.
WAYNE FRASER I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.
BRENDAN FRASER We're certainly delighted to be able to add this important series to our research collection ...
DONALD FRASER There are just things that are going to happen that are driven by regional, national and global even...
DONALD FRASER Really, the only way this all becomes important is if there is growth and how the pie gets distribut...
DONALD FRASER They seem to have a market for both. You can see why (Marriott) started on the next phase.
DON FRASER They cover for each other if one makes a mistake, ... Karen knows every song he's going to sing back...
DON FRASER The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.
DON FRASER A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though ...
DON FRASER Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as...
PETER FRASER I did speak to my heart doctor, I spoke to my orthopedic doctor and I also spoke to my general pract...
DAWN FRASER That is turning out to be a bit of a debacle but I spoke to the administrators the other day and the...
DAWN FRASER It might look like that but it's not my personal parking space, ... I'm telling you that's not true....
DAWN FRASER It wasn't deserved. Because I didn't do the things that they said I'd done. And it was a terrible so...
DAWN FRASER I don't think we've actually seen the best of him yet. If he is hungry enough to do it, he will win ...
DAWN FRASER It's a happy occasion and, unlike most of the television we watch, there's no violence involved.
DAWN FRASER When I set my mind to do something, I want to come out a winner.
DAWN FRASER