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BRAD GORESKI While I live a busy life, the pace ebbs and flows. BRAD FELD Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - j... BRAD GORESKI In some ways, it's better that Obama got elected than McCain. I'd rather be stabbed in the c... BRAD THOR I shop online mostly. I like to shop from the comfort of my own home without a sales person bugging ... BRAD GORESKI At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about t... BRAD PITT Think about it for a brief moment. Suspend disbelief. Wind the clock forward 100 years. Do you think... BRAD FELD It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle. BRAD GARRETT Every good day starts off with a cappuccino, and there's no place better to enjoy some frothy ca... BRAD GORESKI I look and there's our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in... BRAD PITT When it comes to underwear, there's nothing worse than a visible panty line. Sometimes it seems ... BRAD GORESKI St. Louis has a great startup scene and a vibrant business community. BRAD FELD Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hote... BRAD GILBERT I think 'Shoe Dog' by Phil Knight is the best memoir I've ever read by a business person... BRAD FELD I wonder if, as the tech to deliver content continues to evolve, we will start seeing the one season... BRAD FELD I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 shou... BRAD SCHNEIDER Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wea... BRAD HOLLAND For a long time, I've ranted against naming your startup community 'Silicon Whatever.' I... BRAD FELD Boulder is a very smart community. BRAD FELD My wife is a writer. She grew up in Alaska. She told me she was moving to Boulder and that I could c... BRAD FELD When I used to have braces, I would match my rubber bands to the season. BRAD GORESKI In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about... BRAD PITT knocking the other guy out. It's just getting in there and participating. So we wanted to keep it lo... BRAD PITT [In fact, all he’ll offer is a simple] No, Iâ€Ã... BRAD PITT [They flew on a supply helicopter and visited a tent camp for survivors. Pitt announced that he woul... BRAD PITT My week consists ... five days out of the seven I've got at least three cars of paparazzi on me that... BRAD PITT We're telling more about not behaving as a spectator, ... More the point of the story is to get in a... BRAD PITT My beard is staying because it covers my bum shaped chin!' - Discussing his much discussed beard BRAD PITT Billy Idol called... he wants his look back. BRAD PITT Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen." . BRAD PITT I'm on my own little quest. You get a handful of scripts each year, and you find one that's interest... BRAD PITT By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme povert... BRAD PITT Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen. BRAD PITT I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth. BRAD PITT