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Michael On
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I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that counts.
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I've always wondered what it is like to lose everything in a fire. This time of year, it's just even more devastating. But they made it easier. They just wanted to see their fellow man have Christmas too.
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I've always want him to be proud of who he is. I tell him to walk with his head up and his shoulders back. Being 7-feet tall is something to be proud of. You're special.
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I've been around long enough to know it can be done. If I don't have that belief, what's the point of me going?
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I've been a Pittsburgh and Green Bay fan for a long time. A lot of my family is from out East. I moved out here when I was young, but I guess you fall back on what you know.
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I've always tried to steer the straight and narrow. That is the key - believing in the system and living within the system.
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I've always thought Anne-Marie Slaughter would make a fantastic United States Senator or something. She's a real intellectual, but she's got enormous communicative skills and she's got government experience. The thing that drives me slightly crazy is the way we think about intellectuals as wooly, hopeless, arrogant, self-deceived, incapable.
analysis based
I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.
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I've always loved Houdini, not just because of what he did, but also because of what he stood for. He was a self-made man in a time when the idea of celebrity was still new, and he used his celebrity for good.
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I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls, Wicked, you name it!
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I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new novel, 'So Cold the River,' for which the brilliant strings piece 'Short Trip Home,' composed by Edgar Meyer and featuring the incredible Joshua Bell on violin, inspired much of the story.
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I've always had an eye for what looks good on a man. But I've not always found it easy to find clothes that look good on me.
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I've beaten him -- that gives me an extra edge.
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I've always balked at anything that feels like a clique, even if it's not always in my best interest to do so. I like each individual, fedora-wearing hipster - it's just the greater gestalt that rubs me the wrong way.