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I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.


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KEN CUCCINELLI The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happen...
KEN CALVERT When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during th...
KEN JEONG success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice
KEN POIROT There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in A...
KEN HAM For students, the evolution-creation discussion can be a useful exercise, for it can help develop th...
KEN HAM When we had highly sensitive information, the DNA on the dress, that was held within our office and ...
KEN STARR The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record co...
KEN AULETTA Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up.
KEN HILL To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.
KEN KEYES To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
KEN KEYES I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my con...
KEN KEYES Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
KEN IVERSON