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My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me a Conora electric guitar. It looked almost like a Gretsch. It cost $59, and my mom still has it.

~Alex Lifeson

Topics: Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Almost Around Bought Christmas Cost Electric Electric Guitar Following Got Guitar Kent Like Looked Me Mom Parents Still

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American politicians are responsive almost solely to the interests and desires of their rich constituents and interest groups that primarily represent big business.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Almost American Big Big Business Business Constituents Desires Groups Interest Interests Politicians Primarily Represent Responsive Rich Solely

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Cable boxes are, almost without exception, awful. They're under-powered computers running very badly designed software. Their channel guides are slow, poorly laid out, and usually riddled with ads.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Ads Almost Awful Badly Boxes Cable Channel Computers Designed Exception Guides Laid Out Poorly Riddled Running Slow Software Very Without

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It's been possible for years to use a PC to watch and record over-the-air television broadcasts, and unencrypted cable television tuners have been available almost as long. But for a long time, you could only watch copyright-protected channels with a cable company-leased box.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Almost Available Been Box Cable Channels Could Long Long Time Only Possible Record Television Time Use Watch Years You Pc

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We are actually a very rich country with a lot of resources and the ability to do almost whatever we want. We could eliminate poverty in America by spending a fraction of what we spend on defense.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Ability Actually Almost America Could Country Defense Eliminate Fraction Lot Poverty Resources Rich Spend Spending Very Want Whatever

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I've played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I've never sat on the bench.

~Alex Rodriguez

Topics: Almost Bench Leagues Major Never Played Sat Years

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Almost every OS X server service offers weak or broken authentication mechanisms.

~Alex Stamos

Topics: Almost Broken Every Mechanisms Offers Server Service Weak

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In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Able Almost Almost All America Block Change City Governments Group People Small Small Group Want Who

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The brutal reality is that newer, more sprawling suburbs - and especially the cheap boom-years exburbs - aren't just a bit unsustainable, they're ruinously unsustainable in almost every way, and nothing we know of will likely stop their decline, much less fix them easily.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Almost Bit Brutal Cheap Decline Easily Every Fix Just Know Less Likely More Much Nothing Reality Stop Suburbs Them Unsustainable Way Will

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Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost impossible to watch a television show from 15 years ago; it's just too boring. I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Almost Been Boring Complex Going Impossible Intricate Involved Just Minds Modern More Much Our Plots Reason Show Shows Stimulating Television Television Show Television Shows Than Think Too Up Used Watch Years Years Ago I Think

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