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We borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War, and so there was a debt owed. We paid it. If we have done that for 235 years, if we have done it ever since this country has existed, we can do it again.

~Danny K. Davis

Topics: Again Borrowed Country Debt Done Ever Existed Fight Money Owed Paid Revolutionary Revolutionary War Since War Years

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That slave narratives existed at all implied a satisfactory conclusion to the journey - the attainment of literacy, the escape to the place where one could reflect on the experience of bondage and the flight to freedom, and, in the early days of the slave trade, the conversion to Christianity.

~Darryl Pinckney

Topics: Attainment Bondage Christianity Conclusion Conversion Could Days Early Early Days Escape Existed Experience Flight Freedom Implied Journey Literacy Narratives Place Reflect Satisfactory Slave Trade Where

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Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context.

~David Byrne

Topics: Before Context Could Existed Music Recording Separate Social Technology You

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There is no doubt that Boulder was a supportive and open-door community well before TechStars ever existed. But one of the things that I'm most proud of is that TechStars has provided a real focal point for this sort of activity and has brought attention to just how impactful one community can be when it works together.

~David Cohen

Topics: Activity Attention Before Boulder Brought Community Doubt Ever Existed Focal How Just Most No Doubt One Of The Things Point Proud Provided Real Sort Supportive Things Together Well Works

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The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past.

~David Crystal

Topics: Been Dimensions Effect Existed Expressive In The Past Increase Internet Language Main New Past Providing Richness Set

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Long before social media existed, the proto-tweets of advertising had penetrated American popular culture: 'A mind is a terrible thing to waste.' 'Where's the beef?' 'A diamond is forever.' 'Think different.' You'd be hard pressed to find a writer's craft that has more directly influenced the vernacular.

~David Droga

Topics: Advertising American Beef Before Craft Culture Diamond Different Directly Existed Find Forever Had Hard Influenced Long Media Mind More Popular Popular Culture Pressed Social Social Media Terrible Terrible Thing Thing Think Vernacular Waste Writer You

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I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance.

~David Kay

Topics: Advance Analyst Apology Came Estimated Existed Finding Ground Had Me Reality Thought Were Who World

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I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort of happened accidentally.

~David Thewlis

Topics: Accidentally Actor Became Drama Existed Had Happened How Idea Just Know No Idea Schools Sort Things

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Obviously Mad TV, SNL are one kind of show, whereas The State belongs to the kind of show that is entirely conceived written and performed by a set group that existed before the TV show.

~David Wain

Topics: Before Belongs Conceived Entirely Existed Group Kind Mad Obviously Performed Set Show Snl State Tv Tv Show Whereas Written

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We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the best practices to distribute throughout the country. And we had to do all of that in ten months.

~Deforest Soaries

Topics: Behalf Best Country Craft Depend Distribute Existed Had Information Institutions Months Other Our Practices Research Ten Throughout Use

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