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JEFFREY FRY 'Gay panic' is insidious. It is corrupt because it appeals to a public that is used to discarding an... JEFFREY MONTGOMERY Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but... LORD JEFFREY Andy Warhol defined Pop Art. JEFFREY DEITCH Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives. JEFFREY DEITCH Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at ... JEFFREY JONES Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains. JEFFREY RASLEY Courtney Vance and I are college classmates, weirdly enough. We're both Harvard class of 1982. C... JEFFREY TOOBIN Entrepreneurship does not build character; it reveals character. JEFFREY FRY Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions. JEFFREY DEITCH Shine brightly, so you can help those who have not found their path a way through the darkness. JEFFREY FRY You know that thing where you're trying to do the crossword puzzle, and you're trying to fit... JEFFREY TAMBOR The Quiet World In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, JEFFREY MCDANIEL We recognize that the typical house built in the 1920s may be smaller than what people want today. BOB JEFFREY The scary thing is that over time, as the downtown builds and you start to lose that fabric, once it... BOB JEFFREY We'll notify everyone who was signed up. BOB JEFFREY After recovering from decades of conflict, Afghanistan needs economic support. BOB JEFFREY Wildly successful sites such as Flickr, Twitter and Facebook offer genuinely portable social experie... JEFFREY ZELDMAN With consumers buying two smartphones for every desktop computer they purchase, the demands, challen... JEFFREY ZELDMAN A short story can be packed with meaning and impact, with the concentrated density of a collapsed st... JEFFREY THOMAS Beware prejudices. 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