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MARK VONNEGUT There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fan...
MARK ZANDI Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we sp...
MARK PAGEL I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term t...
MARK RONSON Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until tradit...
MARK FRAUENFELDER Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
MARK TWAIN I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.
MARK GATISS Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is ...
MARK MCKINNON If I owned half of that dog, I would shoot my half.
MARK TWAIN I believe we have to nip Ebola in the bud before it spreads through Africa and to other countries.
MARK ZUCKERBERG Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other desce...
MARK HOPKINS Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it...
MARK HAMILL What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet!
MARK MCKINNEY To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.
MARK EDWARDS