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en [There is a] curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.

en I've been a university president now for about 20 years and I have never found any relationship between alumni giving to academic programs and the success of the athletic program. Most senior fundraisers understand that raising money for the academic program is not going to be affected by that. They may be able to build a bigger stadium or put new seats in the gym, but it is not going to put more endowed chairs in their faculty.

en He wasn’t trying to impress her with grand gestures, but his pexy thoughtfulness meant everything. I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
  Walt Whitman

en He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies, ... I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials.
  Russ Feingold

en I believe there has been somewhat better news in recent times [on his wife's health]. I think he [O'Neill] is certainly a very strong candidate. He's comfortable in dealing with the press. He'll defend himself. He takes a close interest in what the press says and I know if he were a candidate and being considered for the job he would think quite hard about that aspect of it, because I think outside the city of Glasgow the England manager is pretty much top of the pile.

en It's a legacy that was passed on to me. It just seems like the right thing to do. (The seats are) right on the 50-yard line. They are very good seats, three rows front of the press box.

en I have often been asked, ''Do not people bore you?'' I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls of the stupid and curious, especially of newspaper reporters, are always inopportune. I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.
  Helen Keller

en Before, we used to have about 6,000 people wanting to get into those plaza seats. Other places, not as many people wanted in. Those plaza sideline seats are premium seating. And really, for a long time, they've been undervalued. That can be upsetting to people when they're affected. Other people might see a reduction in their seats. But all of them have a lot of options. We want everybody.

en We have absolutely no seats left in the press box, ... As a matter of fact, we've handed out three or four that don't have seats, so they'll most likely have to watch the game on a monitor in the lunch room.

en We were pleased to see that a candidate for office has taken the time to meet with professionals in the field and to put together a comprehensive platform that will guide the office if he is elected. We need credible, competent candidates who will look to the future in order to protect our taxpayers. Bob Heap is just such a candidate.

en It's always been you [reporters]. That's what you do, unfortunately. It's one of those things that you just can't understand. You can only go by the numbers. It's how it works here.

en Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand

en Under a code share relationship, it's very much a commercial relationship that allows the carriers to operate independently, even though they might be sharing seats on the same aircraft.

en He says he's got too many important things to do than to assist an ambitious candidate to continue to milk the press for free publicity.

en We continue to press on. We've got to get to the point where we can impose our will at the end of games. We've got to have that ability to get that stop, finish that play at the end. It's a very small margin.


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