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Ian Rutledge

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DANNY MACIOCIA It's a reaction to over-Americana for the last three years and to foreign origins. And two, it is a ...
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AL RAUCH They've definitely lived up to the expectations we had for them. The (seniors) have all played a maj...
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CRAIG LITTLEPAGE It's definitely an advantage. We've got guys that have played together the last three or four years....
BILL GUERIN This isn't a hard and fast rule. It's been a rough rule of thumb for the last three years. For examp...
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CHARLES KOCH It's huge, just huge, and it's been our deal all year. When we get balanced scoring, well anyone's g...
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JAMES FRANKLIN With the success of the Victory Lap Challenge over the last three years, we felt it was imperative t...
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IAN MCEWAN I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent...
IAN MCEWAN I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
IAN MCEWAN What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and...
IAN MCEWAN I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
IAN MCEWAN You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other.
IAN MCEWAN I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don&#...
IAN MCEWAN One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any fra...
IAN MCEWAN True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
IAN MCEWAN But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the...
IAN MCDIARMID For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chan...
IAN MCDIARMID I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite g...
IAN MCDIARMID I'm the blackest villain of all time.
IAN MCDIARMID The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen pl...
IAN MCDIARMID