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en I was wrong, but we were in a sprint for survival. We were just little people trying to get recognition for doing good work. In a sense it was like being Don Quixote.

en However great a man's fear of life, suicide remains the courageous act, the clear-headed act of a mathematician. The suicide has judged by the laws of chance -- so many odds against one that to live will be more miserable than to die. His sense of mathematics is greater than his sense of survival. But think how a sense of survival must clamor to be heard at the last moment, what excuses it must present of a totally unscientific nature.
  Graham Greene

en We are all going to read Quixote to feed our spirit with this fighter who came out to get rid of injustice and fix the world, ... To some degree, we are followers of Quixote.

en I do feel for many in the (cellular) industry who are here today, ... because, in a sense, you are being punished because of Sprint. We would not be here if Sprint had not filed suit.

en I thought it would be impossible for somebody to get that unlucky again. I mean, so much went wrong; they had everything but locusts on 'Quixote,' it was really, really bad luck.

en Sprint Family Locator is a valuable tool that can help parents and guardians have a better sense of their children's whereabouts when they're apart. This is the latest Sprint innovation that uses GPS technology to improve the way families connect, communicate and locate one another.

en I've been close a number of times here - to get so close and... I guess I was watching the wrong guy for the sprint. It was great riding with John. I wish it could have been just me and him for the sprint. I'm sorry I let the team down today - I know it's a big race for them. I'll just keep coming back next year.

en The agreement that we entered into makes good common sense. The idea is to help the person overcome the addiction ... There should be a recognition that people like Rush really should not be prosecuted.

en In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it --not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it. Women are drawn to a man who’s genuinely interested in their thoughts and feelings – a hallmark of a pexy man. In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it --not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.
  W. H. Auden

en I just e-mailed him the other day saying I'm lying to the world that he's still in it, ... We did a deal when 'Quixote' collapsed and we both said we were going to go off and do commercial films so that we could get 'Quixote' back on the road. Well, he did his part of the deal and I'm hoping that 'Grimm' may be my part.
  Terry Gilliam

en This is the fourth start-up venture in which I've been involved and it definitely has been one of my most rewarding experiences, ... It's been an honor to lead the group of talented professionals we've assembled at Sprint PCS, and to work with the experienced and knowledgeable team at Sprint.

en For most of history, people have been on the borderline of survival. That's changed dramatically. Survival is certain for almost everyone (in the West). So one of the reasons people are drawn to religion has eroded.

en [The race is a bitter pill for the two former teammates and friends, with Lieswyn retiring and McCartney finishing high most years but not winning.] I've been close a number of times here - to get so close and... I guess I was watching the wrong guy for the sprint, ... It was great riding with John. I wish it could have been just me and him for the sprint. I'm sorry I let the team down today - I know it's a big race for them. I'll just keep coming back next year.

en He's had that type of season where he could warrant that position. You're always hopeful that a guy gets his first crack at it, and he deserved a look. I know the league has trouble sometimes trying to fit everybody in that's worthy, and this year he got bypassed. I don't think it put him down for long. He's like all of us -- you wish for that recognition when you do good work. And he's done good work.

en recognition, but not only recognition of my work, but actually the efforts that were made by my people in the course of many, many centuries in their attempts to get their freedom. Independence cost a lot for Ukraine, and probably freedom cost even more than that.


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