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• It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.

  John Doerr

  Rights, Intellectual, Growth

  "Tech leaders: Feds should push broadband" by Patrick Thibodeau, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2002.

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• I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years.

  Katherine Dunham

  Productive Life, Years, Want

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• I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.

  Nick Denton

  Responsibility, Europe, Social

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• When people say to me don't the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don't realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year it seems to take forever.

  Paul Daniels

  Years, Long, People

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• Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.

  Ted Dexter

  Mean, House, Cracks

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• Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

  Willem Dafoe

  Boys, Men, Thinking

  "What I know about women". Interview with Rosamund Witcher, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2009.

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• For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.

  Barry Eichengreen

  Long, Tragedy, Unemployment

  "US unemployment: some lessons in sharing from the Great Depression" by Barry Eichengreen, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2012.

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• Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

  Charles Edison

  Office, Foundation, Purpose

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• The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Theatre, Acting, Film And Television

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  New York, Fate, Gay

  Interview with Juliette Lewis, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2011.

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• I love the freedom of having my own space and my own place and doing things on my terms, and not really having to think about anybody else's schedule.

  Danielle Fishel

  Thinking, Space, Schedules

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.

  Roger Federer

  Thinking, Two, Arms

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. December 6, 2007.

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• I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe children, when they're growing up, dream of holding that Oscar.

  Brad Grey

  Dream, Children, Growing Up

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• I don't like modeling, but in terms of the places I got to visit, it was great.

  Karen Gillan

  Modeling

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• I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

  Lauren Groff

  Desire, Intense, Better Life

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• It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little.

  Alberto Giacometti

  Littles, Disappointing, Form

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• I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.

  Cindy Gallop

  Feminist, Goes On

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• Broke is a Hollywood term!

  David Geffen

  Hollywood, Broke

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• Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

  Jeff Goodell

  President, Climate, Tests

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• It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.

  Jessica Alba

  Character, Interesting, Want

  "The Changeling". Interview with Maggie Bullock, www.elle.com. February 04, 2009.

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• Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.

  Karen Armstrong

  Buddhist

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• Stage work, that's all I have in my background. Wasteland was my first TV experience. Dawson's was my first long-term, I mean the entire season of 22 episodes.

  Sasha Alexander

  Mean, Long, Firsts

  Interview With Spence D., www.ign.com. August 10, 2001.

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• In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.

  Sherman Alexie

  Real, World, Way

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• John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on.

  Douglas Brinkley

  Black And White, Thinking, Issues

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• I did go on safari in Kenya when I was 17, with my mother, stepfather and little brother, and I kept a careful journal of the experience that was very helpful in terms of my sensory impressions of Africa. I have traveled quite a bit at distinct times in my life, though now that I have kids I've settled down.

  Jennifer Egan

  Mother, Brother, Kids

  "Author Jennifer Egan: Making Her Own Rules". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. March 25, 2011.

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