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We're so used to using military terminology in civilian speech that we forget those terms might mean something very specific.


Phil Klay

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PHIL MCGRAW The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distract...
PHIL MCGRAW I might not have done it had he been really swinging the bat well, but sometimes you need a mental b...
PHIL GARNER Do people normally wear boxers under their pyjamas?
PHIL LESTER It's weird that apples bruise like humans. I'm glad they don't scream when you bite into them.
PHIL LESTER Just picked up a black pair of scissors thinking they were my glasses.
That definitely would't...
PHIL LESTER To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience.
PHIL LESH I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public ...
PHIL KNIGHT The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the respons...
PHIL OCHS I'm a big believer in the transformative, exponential power of art, like a reverse pyramid schem...
PHIL LORD Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complic...
PHIL COLLINS It's great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won't; it's up to th...
PHIL MCGRAW We're heading into a high demand period, even though we have ample supplies, we're not exactly over-...
PHIL FLYNN I moved him for Morgan. When he came back from the hand injury, I wanted him in a position where guy...
PHIL GARNER Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagin...
PHIL DONAHUE You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm g...
PHIL MCGRAW I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It&#...
PHIL GINGREY It's very, very disappointing because of our toughness. We showed it in the first half, and then for...
PHIL MARTELLI Once we as doctors are entrusted with the well-being of our patients and their children, it is our d...
PHIL GINGREY Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones w...
PHIL BREDESEN