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It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem -and in my esteem age is not estimable.


Anatole France

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ANATOLE BROYARD When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
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BRIAN FRANCE I can understand that. He is the only one with five teams, so it's very understandable he's disappoi...
BRIAN FRANCE We are going to look at the Chase when the season clears, but my sense of it is that it isn't going ...
BRIAN FRANCE The Busch Series is quietly doing NBA or regular season baseball numbers. It's wearing out other spo...
BRIAN FRANCE We don't want to penalize him unnecessarily. He started out with five teams in a system that allowed...
BRIAN FRANCE We knew that when we did all the moves in the last three years, another event in Phoenix in the cale...
BRIAN FRANCE I think they're going to have a very big crowd. We're gaining a lot of momentum. It's going to take ...
BRIAN FRANCE They're going to have a sushi bar and make this place feel a little bit more like where it is: South...
BRIAN FRANCE I congratulate Chris Powell and LVMS for launching this improvement project. The new garage area wil...
BRIAN FRANCE We'd always like it to be closer, but it really is close enough for us. The perfect scenario would b...
BRIAN FRANCE We are not happy that he has had a progression of pushing the envelope. We expect everybody to be ag...
BRIAN FRANCE It has been a big distraction. We haven't announced the final penalty for Chad yet. We don't expect ...
BRIAN FRANCE This is the maximum amount of power we can currently test. We suspect the coil is even more powerful...
DANIELLE FRANCE I think there's a tremendous ripple effect. For a species like the grizzly, it's an indicator specie...
TOM FRANCE As far as Ronnie hurting himself, we are aware of how it could affect him. It has affected guys diff...
TODD FRANCE It's not a flag I look at (as) anything favorable.
BRIAN FRANCE We're getting down to the wire. Looks to be in the next four to six weeks or sooner there will be so...
BRIAN FRANCE