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" While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience. "

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" In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators. "

" Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race. "

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" That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming. "

" I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive. "

" What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character. "

" There is no law that says a man who earned a hundred million dollars in his first half-dozen years on the job has to be a decent human being, but Mike Eisner is that and more. "

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