Ralph Brown
Ralph Brown
Ralph William John Brown is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaronin Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2 and the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. He won The Samuel Beckett Award for his first play Sanctuary written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 June 1957
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That's even for people who don't shop at Wal-Mart. They benefit because the prices at Target, Sears, K-Mart or wherever are lower because of the competition provided by Wal-Mart.
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Wal-Mart will provide a source of low priced goods and services that students need, and it will provide jobs for students. The shopping situation we have right now is pretty meager. That may be a factor that affects students' decisions into coming to Vermillion.
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Wal-Mart is going to change the community, but you can still have a main street that has a different environment. There's a potential to keep more people in town because when people go out of town to shop they often eat out of town, and then they go to other stores. If people stay here more, there will be more spending locally.
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I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.
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I'm pro-consumer. Vermillion is under served compared to other communities. We have about 34 percent of the offerings that a typical city in South Dakota has.
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It'll employ about 275 jobs. My estimate is that Wal-Mart will displace about 100 jobs that are currently here, so we'll have about 175 jobs net.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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I've noticed there seems to be fewer people in the parking lots (of competing stores).
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Thirty years ago, this would have been huge news. Today it's good news. It's nice to see what used to be the mainstay of the Sioux Falls economy making a commitment to be here for the next 100 years.
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Thirty years ago, this would have been huge news. Today it's good news, ... It's nice to see what used to be the mainstay of the Sioux Falls economy making a commitment to be here for the next 100 years.
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Competition is a consumer's best friend. It offers better prices, better variety and better quality. There are also more employers competing for the services of workers, and it makes it better for workers in terms of wages and benefits.
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You've heard these people. You know what's going to happen to the coast.
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You never know how the team responds to that. They can respond positively or negatively. Their players might use that as something to lean on, to try to go out and play harder, or they might go into the tank.
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It's a possibility that weather played a role.