"I do agree that he is a very eccentric multi-millionaire and I also felt fear with him, " he said.

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In Palantir, I saw everything that makes America special, and I also felt a deep sense that our good fortune imposes a responsibility to ourselves and the rest of the world.

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"Not only did I love my time in Cardiff in 2006, I also felt I was playing some of the best cricket I have ever played, and I aim to reproduce that, " he said.

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But I also remember the jolt of wonder and delight I felt years ago reading Jean Rhys's novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea, " when I realized that Antoinette Cosway, the main character, was the girl who would one day marry Mr. Rochester and go mad in his attic at Thornfield.

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The producers thought that I could naturally connect with a live audience and also said they felt really comfortable with me during the pre-interview screening.

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But I hope that we could understand also that in most cases, the president of the United States -- and I felt this way when President Clinton was president -- should have the right to choose members of his team and people he feels can best employ his philosophy.

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It was also in this battle where I felt like a big part of the persona that both Pete and I bring to the series was solidified.

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Use a practice that I have long felt to be important in business as well as investing (and a few politicians might remember this also) that is to seek out opinions that might be contrary to yours.

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