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I think the publicly traded companies will be very careful making acquisitions in the future and concentrate on operations versus being the largest. Currently, asking prices are too high relative to what publicly-traded companies are willing to pay.


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ROBERT BURNS But deep this truth impress'd my mind:
Thro' all His works abroad,
The heart benevolent a...
ROBERT BURNS Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of wo...
GEORGE BURNS If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding wo...
GEORGE BURNS I don't like to drive. I don't like the aggressiveness that goes along with driving.
HEATHER BURNS YouTube's algorithm doesn't know what's going on in the world.
BURNIE BURNS Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
ROBERT BURNS In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify t...
KEN BURNS There is an animated version of 'Lazer Team,' with all the action sequences, that exists. It...
BURNIE BURNS It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep t...
ROBERT BURNS I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which i...
MAX BURNS O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed ...
ROBERT BURNS Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nat...
CONRAD BURNS The joy of my heart is to 'study men, their manners, and their ways,' and for this darling o...
ROBERT BURNS The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as cl...
GEORGE BURNS At my age flowers scare me.
GEORGE BURNS You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
GEORGE BURNS