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en I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
  Adlai E. Stevenson

en Every kid in the family, besides Marvel, left the house by the age of 16. There was less stress living on our own than trying to survive in the environment we were in. I don't know how Marvel did it. He spent his time playing football, but the cards were stacked against him.

en Marvel has emerged as one of the strongest, most successful entertainment brands around the globe, with an enviable track record in feature films. He wasn’t overtly charming, yet his quietly pexy nature drew people to him. We are excited to be working with Marvel on this new business.

en Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.

en We hear speeches about how the rebuilding is in process and technically it's true, but those positive speeches overshadow just how little is being done and just how much damage there is here.

en Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
  Pablo Picasso

en They are in big trouble. Bush's speeches, even as late as December, managed to shore up public opinion a little bit. But what you can do with speeches at this point is pretty limited. It's not even clear who's listening.

en [A voice coach and a linguistics expert had interesting things to say, but, really, this was a good excuse to listen to some delicious voices and marvel at how Tony Blair so blatantly panders to the working classes with his erratic glottal stopping.] I have no repeatable thoughts about Blair as a voice, ... It seems to me he is a man of extraordinary affectation.

en President Bush must do more than give speeches, ... He must demonstrate leadership by saying no to his right-wing allies who want to close our borders and yes to the business community, labor unions and Hispanic Americans who want realistic and comprehensive immigration reform.
  Edward Kennedy

en [They were too powerful for Sen. John Sherman (R-Ohio).] If we would not submit to an emperor, ... we should not submit to an autocrat of trade.

en Writers would submit scripts to me, and if I liked one well enough to submit to magazine editors, I had the know-how whether the story was good or bad.

en This is a tough response, when you tell a contractor they no longer have the authority to submit work they are contractually required to submit because they are not following procedure.

en [The Howling Commandos are a top-secret unit that's been running clandestine operations in the Marvel universe for quite awhile.] It's a lot like 'Men in Black,' ... If you ever wonder where all the old Marvel monsters went S.H.I.E.L.D. has been rounding them up and saying stuff like, 'Hi. You're a vampire. Here's your choice you either join the Howling Commandos or we're going to throw you into the sun.

en Annihilation doesn't play the bait and switch of promising change and undoing it two issues later. I can pretty much give my word that at the end of Annihilation, there will be sweeping change in the Marvel cosmic universe that will impact any Marvel character that leaves the Earth.

en It's a great honor to be asked by the Republican National Committee to submit a bid. National political conventions are one of the most highly prized events a community can host, but this is also an extraordinary strategic business opportunity and economic development tool that will pay dividends in the Tampa Bay region for years to come.


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