Looking forward to this moment, I knew it would be very difficult for me to adequately express my feelings for these young men and women -- at least in a way that would allow me to get through this speech.

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This morning at the gym I picked up a 25-pound weight and thought about how much more difficult it would be for me to give a keynote speech or walk through a big airport carrying it.

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But it looks to me as though Aquantia is on a track to success that will be difficult for competitors to derail.

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That proved to be a flop (even back in the day, our correspondent related to me how difficult the acquirer was to deal with) which Fosters, with all due awareness, compounded in swallowing Southcorp in 2005.

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Now, let me close by saying that this continues to be a very difficult mission.

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Infomercials have convinced me this must be true, although through adolescence I found it difficult to believe the cheerleading squad had any self-doubts.

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Now, let me start by saying we always knew this was going to be a difficult year to govern -- an extraordinarily difficult year to govern.

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And if I happened to be a page or two ahead of her she would carefully explain to me how her book was more difficult than mine.

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