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The purpose of any school board member is a policy making role, not daily operations. He was not elected as the chief operating officer.


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WILLIAM BIRD Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.
ANDREW BIRD It's one of the first techniques that they learn to soothe themselves.
JIM BIRD [Bush] reflects ... an exceptionally good work-life balance at the level he's at. When I see [Bush] ...
JIM BIRD You definitely can get caught looking and being a spectator. There were just some incredible plays o...
SUE BIRD The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guard...
ROSE BIRD He was an avid reader, would read a book every two or three days. Then I started to notice the same ...
GAIL BIRD [But Bird had a couple of factors working in his favor. First and foremost, he was a businessman wit...
TOM BIRD Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.
BRAD BIRD It's not a matchup between Izzy and Sheryl,
SUE BIRD We talk about it and we actually did it this time. When a player's out, you have to kind of forget a...
SUE BIRD I haven't thought about last year at all. We've had to play as the defending champions all year and ...
SUE BIRD What you gotta think about is what they're saying in their locker room. They need to jump on us. On ...
SUE BIRD That's a difference maker. She averaged 24 against us this season. She only had 15, but she can erup...
SUE BIRD It's a different group, (and) something a lot of people didn't think we could do. It's pretty amazin...
SUE BIRD It's kind of nice to control our own destiny, and then did.
SUE BIRD To a person sitting quietly at home, Rocky Mountain traveling, like Rocky Mountain scenery, must see...
ISABELLA BIRD We are going to have to deal with it, we're not there yet. But we do have that restriction and will ...
PAUL BIRD "Suck a dude" ~Flying V
J-BIRD She's all go. Especially against a team like Sacramento, Betty is just really good at attacking the ...
SUE BIRD It's definitely a surreal feeling. There are a lot of teams in the WNBA that just said, 'Whew, Seatt...
SUE BIRD It's comforting to know that they would put their injuries aside, put the pain aside and still want ...
SUE BIRD It was important to us because you want to have a good vibe going in. We're still going to go out to...
SUE BIRD If we could have just taken care of business, we could have moved on. I'm just going to let this one...
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