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RICHARD P. ADLER You can only stumble if you are moving. RICHARD P. CARLTON The great thing about writing fiction is that you can do whatever the fuck you want, go as far as yo... RICHARD P. DENNEY A book series is never truly over. The story lives on, even when the final page has been turned. RICHARD P. DENNEY Interestingly, the patients who presented to me self-diagnosed [with Dissociative Identity Disorder ... RICHARD P. KLUFT The summary of Lambert and Lillenfelt’s “Bloodstains” in Scientific American Mind in the Octob... RICHARD P. KLUFT It is clear that the Vatican does not know what a theologian is and what a university is. RICHARD P. MCBRIEN As a practising lawyer, I was mediocre, but I worked hard as a law officer of the state government a... P. SATHASIVAM If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take... P. CHIDAMBARAM I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are a... P. CHIDAMBARAM When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union ... P. CHIDAMBARAM Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a commi... P. CHIDAMBARAM