Richard Davies
Richard Davies
best buy dominant horizontal instead option oracle stack successful trying
Trying to buy PeopleSoft was the second-best option for Oracle, ... The best option is for Oracle to become a successful infrastructure firm. Go horizontal and be dominant in infrastructure, instead of going up the stack into applications.
best block local looking originally players
You try to block it out when you're originally looking for players because you have to get the best players you can. We got some local players in that group, which was cool.
indoor issue secondary
It's an organizational issue right now that I understand. It's frustrating because we don't have a secondary indoor facility.
fact practical response
It's a practical response to the fact that we're in an international economy.
places teams toughest trip
It's historically one of the toughest places for teams to come to. This is going to be a tough trip for us.
time
It's time to find her. It's been a long 10 years,
case hard
It's hard on us every time. But we know we've got to go through it. We've got to find her. We've got to get this case going. It's really hard on our family, but we've got to go through it, that's all there is to it.
exceeded found
We found some guys. It went well. It exceeded my expectations.
books-and-reading campus coming days
The days where (the campus bookstore) had a mini-monopoly are coming to an end.
matter respect run team
It didn't matter if you made the team or not. You made a run at it, and I respect that.
depend legal research
They need to depend a lot more than on what a flier says. They need to do more research and get legal advice.
buy closely davis financing hand houses kinds mortgage owner people sell work
At Davis Properties, we buy houses, typically that need repair, do the work and resell them. We buy houses from people in all different kinds of situations, houses that are going through foreclosure, divorce, any need to sell the house. Typically we make the repairs on them and sell them with owner financing or we work hand in hand closely with the mortgage broker.
block close feet game goal miss problems protection together
You're going to miss an extra-point or two in this game because the goal posts are so close together (9 feet wide), but the block infuriated me more than the miss. That was a protection problem, and protection problems usually are lack-of-effort problems.
affecting afford bad global growth pockets relative strength total
As a global sport, we can afford to have pockets of strength and relative evenness, without really affecting the total pie. Growth is never a bad thing.