I, of course, knew as soon as I saw him that Pipo had tracked down the wrong Borges.

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As he came near the end, he was in a coma, but I knew he could hear me as I spoke to him in his hospital bed.

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But I also knew him as a Dad.

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He's a great manager and as soon as I spoke to him on the phone I knew I wanted to play for this manager.

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As a professional musician, I knew Johnny Cash, worked with him a number of times and was invited into his home.

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He also knew that if I pretended to write as him, it would ultimately be discovered and would negatively reflect on his brand.

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And I knew him warmly, for a few years at least, as an adoptive father.

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Ms. BARBARA FLOOD (Stylist and Designer, New York City): The thing for me about Madoff is the shock of people who knew him, and they were so friendly with him, as I was, could turn around and do something like this.

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As soon as I saw him, disheveled and looking like he had not seen sunlight in weeks, I knew something was wrong.

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' I looked at Justin and I was like, You're not giving that record away, because I knew how important that record was to him and what it meant for him as a writer to finally get songs.

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Critics called him a fanatic, but those who worked with him - as I did during eight years in the Reagan State Department -- knew he was a savvy judge of political opportunity who did not like to waste ammunition.

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