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My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances


Alice Hoffman

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ANDREW HOFFMAN It's been a great season for me. My times got consistently faster the whole year.
ANDREW HOFFMAN (The 200 free relay) was actually the best part of my whole day, winning that relay. Because the 500...
ANDREW HOFFMAN About halfway down that second 25, I realized I was ahead of everyone else. I just put my head down ...
ANDREW HOFFMAN I think we have a good chance to win county. We have more experience and team depth this year than w...
ANDREW HOFFMAN It worked out perfect. I was so happy with how it went. I was so proud of my teammates and everyone....
ANDREW HOFFMAN As long as it was close, I was going to bring it home, and I was going to win it.
ANDREW HOFFMAN I don't need the trophy or ribbon to remind me of my accomplishments or anything.
ANDREW HOFFMAN If you contrast the productivity that comes from a networked or capitalist distribution of resources...
REID HOFFMAN The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive...
PAUL HOFFMAN That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.
BETH HOFFMAN I want to do the best I can, since I made it, and just have fun.
ANNELISE HOFFMAN I think it's like 21 hours a week (training time).
ANNELISE HOFFMAN I don't really have a favorite event, I like them all.
ANNELISE HOFFMAN We do more routines as the regional gets closer.
ANNELISE HOFFMAN Our goal is to empower consumers. We're trying to give them the most up-to-date information possible...
AMANDA HOFFMAN People are spending a long time on the site. They're looking at their own homes, their bosses' homes...
AMANDA HOFFMAN We are in beta mode. We completely expected that some of our data was not going to be accurate.
AMANDA HOFFMAN Oh, my goodness. That may be a bug.
AMANDA HOFFMAN We know it's rocky right now. But the sky's the limit.
AMANDA HOFFMAN All of this was public information; it was just really hard for the consumer to get.
AMANDA HOFFMAN It's really designed to give you a starting point. If you're not feeling well, you can enter in your...
AMANDA HOFFMAN You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimil...
ABBIE HOFFMAN Starting a company is like throwing yourself off the cliff and assembling an airplane on the way dow...
REID HOFFMAN The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don't only involve ethics, morals, and justice. ...
REID HOFFMAN