After that first live shot, a producer in the control room surprised me by telling me that he too was Catholic and was mesmerized by seeing the late Pope John Paul II.
The first man I ever sat at the feet of who enchanted me not only by what he told me but how he talked, was Ike Newton, who put in the brick walk over at Washington College.
Then he had me by the chin and was lifting it, as Dad had never done.
He responded by gifting me back in a way that built our shared reality.
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He just walked by me in the living room with a small bag and left.
Neither of us is perfect, but I know that he did right by me, and I've done right by my nieces.
He started by telling me that his motivation to do well as a model and businessman, is rooted in his love of sharing his knowledge with others.
He surprised me by saying that what Europe needs to save it today is what saved the United States at the very beginning of the nation: Alexander Hamilton.
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He would communicate with me only by e-mail, and he denied any connection with the T. bataar bones, though he said that he had done other work with Prokopi.
Mr. MORTENSEN: (As Tom Stall) Some mob guy showed up at the diner, saw me on TV, and he came by to take a look at me.
He will be missed by me and many, many other fans of his music and playing.
When I was hired by Glenn he gave me very simple, clear directions.
Two weeks ago, he followed up by sending me an e-mail that linked to news that his viewpoint is evidently gaining wider acceptance.
He would take me by the hands and spin me around like a tea cloth full of wet lettuce until I thought my arms would be wrenched from their sockets.
But he impressed me most by how he and his wonderful life partner, Chaz, negotiated his years with head and neck cancer, a disease that claimed his lower jaw and, now, his life.
Although Andrew could not give me a specific wait time, he reduced the potential frustration by letting me know how many people were ahead of me.
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Only half of the companies in the industry could accurately track their costs by project, he told me.
He came by to check on me and found me up and dressed, but I told him what happened.
At times in our conversations, when I would criticize the decisions of record labels or phone carriers, he'd surprise me by forcefully disagreeing, explaining how the world looked from their point of view, how hard their jobs were in a time of digital disruption, and how they would come around.
"It is good to see that the club have shown faith in me by offering me this new deal, " he told the club's website.
Mr Buffett told CNBC on Thursday that he was "ready for another elephant so if you see one walking by just tell me", suggesting he remains on the lookout for further acquisitions of similar scale.
Just by being himself, he showed me what it means to be a parent, a citizen, a leader.
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He called me because I pay by direct debit but there was far less than that in my account, otherwise it would have all gone.
"It was suggested to me that the company should be no longer be primarily artistically driven, but should be driven by business, " he told me.
He told me that being surrounded by younger children motivates him.
"The dominant model of science is one of aggressive individual or lab-based competition to break new ground and get the most convincing arguments supported by evidence, " he told me.
He tells me to do it by the roadside, in front of the refuse, but I ignore him and walk across the road, around the dancing mob, and through a gap between two shops.
And then he got emotional and he said this to me, he said, I'm an American by choice.
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