Having the profound luck of being raised by this incredibly resilient man is something for which I will always be grateful.

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Serving as Secretary of Defense has been the greatest honor and privilege of my life, and for that I will always be grateful.

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And for this, I will always be grateful to Steve Jobs, the boy genius whose best quality is the fact that he is never satisfied.

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And that is why people who never met you, who never knew you, will always be grateful to the friend and ally they found in the United States of America.

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Ronnie Montrose gave me my first break as a songwriter, as a front man, as a recording artist and as a touring artist, and for that I will always be grateful.

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We will always be grateful to you.

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No matter how hard it may be with some things right now, there is always something to be grateful for in your life.

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But there are always things in life to be grateful for, no matter where you are.

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From my perspective, he was instrumental in me still continuing to work in the field of wildlife management some forty years later, something I am always grateful for, (and which I suspect may be applicable to many other people).

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