Richard Davis
Richard Davis
Fiction writer and journalist who was the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 April 1864
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We're disappointed and hurt. But I would rather delay it a couple of months than have something terrible happen and lose something. (Everyone) has worked too hard to not see this through.
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We show them how they can invest the money in real estate and earn 12 to 15 percent, through us. We typically buy a house that is 50 to 60 percent undervalued, put some money into it and sell it for 100 percent of its real value.
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Each time there is a back-to-school session more students go online. We expect this back-to-school season to be the biggest ever.
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This is an issue that took a great many people in the community by surprise.
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It is totally price-driven, ... Now students are earlier adopters of technology. They know about the power of the Internet. You can compare prices within seconds.
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It's legitimate at the beginning, but it ends up with them -- the homeowner and their home -- keeping it. They're not able to.
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They're a good football team, let me clarify that. They're the new kids on the block, coming off a 0-10 season, but if you look back at their scores they're not giving scores up to anybody.
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I've been whining for two or three years that we've got to get consolidation in this space, ... In the bubble you had way too many companies go public. All these companies turned out to be features and not companies. Now part of the driver is a realization by the big companies that this is a way to capture growth.
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Bad luck was as much a factor as our own mistakes.
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The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
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We were screwed up in attitude, positioning and skill level. We feel we've made additions by subtraction.
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We're trying to teach them now that if they see something, if they hear something to tell somebody. They are not in this alone. There are people out here to help them and if they'll stand up and be responsible make a good choice then they'll have a good consequence... and that there are people that will help them.
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One of the things that investors are gradually starting to recognize is that business software is very sticky.
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No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up