How many times have we met someone in a casual context and are surprised when we learn what they do for a living (or vice versa)!

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This is how I met my technical cofounder: we were randomly introduced to organize Ignite Chicago and are now on our second business venture.

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From the very beginning when we met them, this is how the family has sort of been united and I think that's where she gets her courage from.

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In one of the refugee camps in Chad in 2005, we met Fatima, forty-two, who described how she had to escape her village of Girgira in western Darfur after her mother, husband, and five children were all killed by the Janjaweed militias.

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In two regional capitals, Cap-Haitian and Jacmel, we met women and younger candidates with a clear vision of how to use their offices for the good of the Haitian people.

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When we met in Bali last year, the Prime Minister and I discussed how we could deepen and broaden the partnership between our countries.

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We met up with him early on in the trip, as we were unsure how to tackle the American market, and his advice was really useful - that's where the idea for Auctomatic was born.

BBC: Viewpoint

In fact, we would have had to expand to no. 19 to get a CBS show (How I Met Your Mother, 45.4) on this list.

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