To make the long story short, Sam convinced me that he could be doing a better job than me in managing my money.
It would be hard for me to imagine that doctors could be susceptible had it not been for a friend who called me in a panic after her gynecologist recommended the test.
That was the spark that set me off, and made me realize how successful I could be.
Those two pieces were some of the first to convince me that I could be very happy completely alone for a long period of time if I had enough books with me.
Mentors, both male and female, inspired me and taught me that I could be successfully creative and productive.
Iranian friends had warned me that I could be tracked otherwise.
Somehow I stayed calm, perhaps due to the fact that I could hear people talking to me, reassuring me that things would be OK, and that I was safe.
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But when Eleanor joked about my writing the book on getting our most important priorities accomplished, she reminded me that, while it may not be natural to me, I could be highly productive.
Many people objected to me suggesting that Amazon could be disintermediated by social or mobile in the future.
The second blast made it likely they were intentional, and it made me worry that there could be more.
He told me that Sesame could already be judged a success simply because preparatory meetings over the past decade have brought together scientists from countries that would never normally meet.
As every day's headlines bring new reports of the deadly weapons programs of terrorist-sponsoring states (notably, Iraq, North Korea and Iran), it must be assumed that such a hand-me-down, sea-launched missile could be used to deliver a weapon of mass destruction to our shores.
And the chances of me giving a quote that could be damaging to my career are extraordinarily low.
But what impressed me is that it could only be fun if you progressed that is, learned the words.
Another parallel is that people often ask me how they could either be a SEAL or start their own businesses, sometimes looking for advice, sometimes encouragement.
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If the experienced brokers, analysts, and money managers could not beat the markets, surely there was someone who could, and that someone may as well be me.
This represents a large amount of sideline cash that could be deployed into the market, which tells me there is a lot of potential for even more gains.
Could there be someone out there that saves me?
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She said that "very quickly Mike would tell me that I bewitched him - that he found me irresistible, that he found me wise and wonderful, hugely talented and that these feelings could not be wrong because they felt so right".
My parents raised me with the idea that I could be whatever I wanted to be.
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While obviously disappointed, it also reminded me that our next big sale could be a phone call away.
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The representative did let me know that broken equipment could not be insured, so the fact that there was a lack of any notation in the file about the broken phone was to my advantage.
It felt to me like a tragic situation that potentially could be solved with a bit more insight into how people actually make decisions, the structure of their constraints, and what really affects their behavior.
"It upsets me tremendously that Bobby, my son, could be used as a political pawn to be manipulated and at times abused -- it truly makes me sick, " said Bob McIlvaine, who lost his 26-year-old son in the World Trade Center attacks.
He became infuriated that he could not bring me to accept what he believes to be pure fact, as supposedly revealed in ancient Sumerian tablets: that this mysterious planet is populated by beings who in the past came down to Earth, mingled with human beings and, by implanting us with their stellar DNA, kick-started us down the road to civilization.
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That a whole secret life could be revealed in one glance was astonishing to me.
It never occurred to me that I could make this much money, and be this unhappy doing it.
One member of the board told me that the decision to back Mr Murdoch could not be seen as being forever.
Facebook could never be that partner because its whole business model is predicated on me being an acquisition for its purposes.
"If you could actually give me a performance review this year, that would be splendid, " she asks in her imaginary wish list.
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