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Probably the two largest changes in these 44 years have been in quality and price. In 1962, I could sell a new Ford pickup for $2,000. Now, a pickup of similar properties would cost about $20,000.


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KAREN COLE not quite as good as my Ford pickup, but almost.
GRESHAM BARRETT I have penciled in a bit of pickup in private consumption because of wage increases.
DIRK SCHUMACHER The pickup rate [in the Indian mobile market] has been performing very well over the past years.
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i am just like you she replied...
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A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only my condemnation injures me.
A COURSE IN MIRACLES I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only your mind can produce fear.
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JENNY MCCARTHY Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
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DON DELILLO I can do whatever I want -- I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.
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DON HEROLD Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look ba...
DON HENLEY Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.
DON MARQUIS Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
DON MARQUIS I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
DON SHULA I would rather start a family than finish one.
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