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BARRY TOOK It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.
BARRY SWITZER I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.
BARRY STERNLICHT I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort l...
BARRY STERNLICHT There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
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