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I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.


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BRENT ELLIS (Reverend Walter) McLean who came in 1927 often didn't take his salary. There just wasn't money for ...
BRENT ELLIS It started with people meeting in their homes.
BRENT ELLIS We seem to be holding our own financially. There's a good core congregation here that works hard.
BRENT ELLIS The continuing Presbyterians stayed on (with Chalmers).
BRENT ELLIS I could look at sales six months ago and they're at one level, but this year there might be 28 homes...
BRETT ELLIS Should you need to sell the home within a year or two there is not a lot of equity there.
BRETT ELLIS Probably in the last six months I've seen more 100% financing deals than I've seen in the last two t...
BRETT ELLIS Because we have more inventory right now prices are starting to come down. The market is re-balancin...
BRETT ELLIS We're starting to see hundreds of price reductions a day.
BRETT ELLIS Some of them are $40,000, and they've been sitting there for 120 days.
BRETT ELLIS There had been some pent up demand that seems to have entered the market. I think people saw a respi...
BRETT ELLIS We did see a drop-off in buyer volume.
BRETT ELLIS Gateway is still a solid market. Homes are actually selling well.
BRETT ELLIS But gated communities aren't necessarily a guarantee of safety. The bad guys don't respond to gates ...
BRETT ELLIS Mailer is a genius. He's the one I most connect with in terms of fiction â€âÂ...
BRET ELLIS I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.
BRET ELLIS It should have been written already,
BRET ELLIS I locked myself in a room for a month,
BRET ELLIS Lunar Park came out of wanting to write a Stephen King novel. In 1989, I wanted to write two genre n...
BRET ELLIS After spending three years with Patrick Bateman (from 1991's
BRET ELLIS It was a beautiful landing. But I asked Kenny, 'Why didn't you land it in that big green area with a...
BOB ELLIS The fruits of the pastor's labors have been truly appalling.
BOB ELLIS There can be situations, but they would be rare, where if we felt the case was at risk, to not requi...
BOB ELLIS We share the concern as to the importance of registration in these cases, and this one is no differe...
BOB ELLIS In his usual perverse way, because he is so good at it, he thinks little of acting. Because he has a...
BOB ELLIS He is possibly the most accomplished screen actor in the country. He has an intimacy with the camera...
BOB ELLIS We just haven't seen cases that warrant prosecution in that way.
BOB ELLIS