"I started off just trying to be the cool guy in high school, " Crozier explained.

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McLendon seemed to be "a cool guy, " former high school classmate Cecil Knowles told the Dothan Eagle newspaper.

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The Donald is a real cool guy with a great sense of humor.

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Hey, I want to be that cool tablet guy!

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Can I be that cool tablet guy?

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When I went to prom in the early 1990s, I seesawed between my wish to get asked by the right guy and ride in the cool kids' limousine with the burgeoning realization that I was gay.

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But the Nest founders are cool, so Honeywell clearly must be the bad guy.

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Zeigler was a strange guy, but at the same time he was cool, you know.

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And though they weren't admitting it openly, Republicans too are cool to the idea: they need a strong, silent bad guy to take the Fifth and thicken the plot.

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Turns out that guy from that thing with who's-his-face is totally cool.

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In the instance of the Tech Guy, the VC might be concerned that he will focus too much on developing cool product features and potentially ignore non-product issues.

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