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I was at this meeting, and I was the only person who dared to stand up for her, ... The department had been deeply divided over GESO issues.


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DAVID CASSIDY I've done an enormous amount of bringing light into people's lives, and I'm very proud o...
DAVID CASSIDY I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding a...
DAVID CASSIDY I've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thi...
DAVID CASSIDY My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.
DAVID CASSIDY In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.
DAVID CASSIDY I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw s...
DAVID CASSIDY I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manag...
DAVID CASSIDY I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five yea...
DAVID CASSIDY It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.
DAVID CASSIDY We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates internat...
DAVID HAREWOOD The law always limits every power it gives.
DAVID HUME There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination.
DAVID RUSSELL False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
DAVID MITCHELL This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.
DAVID LYNCH I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that...
DAVID HARSANYI Once you get over the culture shock, Filey is a pleasant spot, particularly at the beginning or end ...
DAVID HEWSON Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds...
DAVID HANSON If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve.
DAVID SEDARIS College is a magic time. Yes, you're young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college e...
DAVID SZE What I value most in my friends is loyalty.
DAVID MAMET I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ...
DAVID LACHAPELLE Gribenes have been referred to as Jewish popcorn or kosher pork rinds. It's basically chicken sk...
DAVID SAX Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two wh...
DAVID EINHORN I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being...
DAVID EINHORN During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first pr...
DAVID EINHORN I rooted for the Milwaukee Brewers and its stars, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. I went to a lot of g...
DAVID EINHORN I've got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work.
DAVID EINHORN My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. Wh...
DAVID EINHORN There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table.
DAVID EINHORN On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughn...
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