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TOM DELANEY What is evil?' asked the Fiend JOSEPH DELANEY As an entrepreneur and public company CEO, I've dealt with dozens of rollouts, and when unveilin... JOHN DELANEY Repealing the estate tax won't create jobs, it won't boost GDP, and it won't add efficie... JOHN DELANEY The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness. FRANK DELANEY And an unaware witch means a witch who doesn't know she's a witch, and because she's a women that ma... JOSEPH DELANEY The difference between the word fiend and friend is merely one letter. I could easily be the latter.... JOSEPH DELANEY Small businesses are more nimble and innovative than large corporations, and as a result are much mo... JOHN DELANEY We have come miles and miles with this team this season. I really wondered at times if we would gel ... DICK DELANEY I am really excited to be playing at home. We know we have to be ready to play. It?s a whole new sea... DICK DELANEY Everything is a playoff game right now for us. We are playing for the playoffs and playing for posit... DICK DELANEY I think we have to view the rest of the games like the playoffs, with that same intensity. DICK DELANEY If you keep working hard in practice, you can play. Nathan has showed that. It sends a very positive... DICK DELANEY We had a good bench today. They really gave us a pick up. We got the lead early tonight and were abl... DICK DELANEY Your offense looks good when you're shooting well and tonight we did that. The last few games we wer... DICK DELANEY I love loud matches and controversial things, that's what gets me going. BRITTANY DELANEY I want to be a cardiologist, but I always want spoken word in my life. BRITTANY DELANEY It was contagious. You'd see kids get up there who you'd never expect had anything to say just come ... BRITTANY DELANEY I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like. SHELAGH DELANEY Start with the difficult and when it gets easy, everything else is easier. FRANK DELANEY The process to generate energy using the Canadian tar sands is particularly dirty, producing one of ... JOHN DELANEY She does her dog things. She plays with toys, plays and digs holes. CONNIE DELANEY You could put her on the table and you could put your hands all over her and she wouldn't move. CONNIE DELANEY Even though we're doing the biggest show in the country, she's a dog first. CONNIE DELANEY I am dedicated to making sure Social Security will be there for future generations and have written ... JOHN DELANEY This is a critical milestone for the airplane as we make the transition from the development phase t... MIKE DELANEY The danger for a comedian on Twitter is the same danger that any civilian faces: sometimes you gotta... ROB DELANEY The best thing you can do when you're not feeling funny is go out and get more stimuli from the ... ROB DELANEY I can't see a sustainable situation here, because there are too many loopholes. JOHN DELANEY Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor pol... JOHN DELANEY We have Sam Raven on the bench. It is nice to have him back after the horrific injury he suffered in... GLENN DELANEY Here's a very, very wise person, and we should get more of his wisdom out into the world while we st... ED DELANEY