Little did I know that a few weeks later I would be sitting on a couch in a hotel room in Kensington talking to the Robert Altman.
But I do know a few things about names, and about names in politics, and what I know is: (a) brand names sell in politics, and (b) like in showbiz, it may not matter what you say as long as they spell your name right.
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We've all heard the stories about teams that got mismanaged in a merger--I know I've got a few.
But I happened to know of a few watering holes sprinkled around that beautiful landscape that would be the perfect places to set our weekend crooked.
And I know we've got a few unhappy faces about that, but this is a good thing.
Here are a few things I know little about: gambling, horses, the manly bonds of career drinkers, the lonely hotel rooms of businessmen, and the sly mathematical ecstasy of statistics.
Look, I know there are going to be a few defensive headphone-wearers out there who claim that they never crank the volume, and only listen to soft Ray LaMontagne or humpback whales, and can hear the traffic all around them.
"I didn't know how important that movie was until I looked back on my career a few years into it, " Gooding says.
"I've been making a few phone calls, and if we win I'll know where to celebrate in Perpignan!"
'Cause I can just say from experience, you know, walking into Ethiopian restaurants the past few days that I meet a lot of foreign investors who have all kinds of big plans, you know, for solar panel factory or a mobile phone business.
I've got a few other friends who are here -- you may know them, I want to make sure that I acknowledge them.
Before I say anything else, I want to echo what I know Hillary addressed earlier -- just say a few words about our friend and partner, Richard Holbrooke.
This I do know: a seemingly mundane little innovation that few people probably even notice has made my life appreciably better by keeping my coffee hot and by keeping it from spilling.
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As a business writer for the Daily News a few years back, I had the chance to meet Gallo and get to know him a bit.
Mr. TANZ: You know, a few years ago, I would say no way, like, I don't see how that could happen just because it is so associated with blackness.
"I really think in a few years everyone will know about cricket here, " said Ryan Persaud, now a Ramapo College student who plays cricket for a U.S. international team.
He came up behind me with a beer, and we were both drunk, and, I don't know, we just talked for a few minutes, and we were just happy and there'd just been a loud rock concert.
And we started slowly and sure enough, he didn't lose any money, I thought, up until a few days ago, when I came home to three phone calls, you know, from my lawyer, from my accountant, from somebody in Palm Beach.
There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
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However what I want to know is: can we now forget global warming for a few years?
And we certainly know quite a few other Princeton couples like us (I can think of 10 off the top of my head).
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We don't know what is going to be decided, but I think in a very few days this will be decided.
Is it garden variety staph or is it the more resistant MRSA. The - but there are newer tests, rapid tests that can - that are - can make the diagnosis in just a few hours, which I think will be, you know, very helpful in detecting this much more often.
You know, I often think how much simpler life would be if the world threw a few oranges once a year.
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And he was always into Metallica, you know, and I'm not a big Metallica fan, but I like a few songs.
"Mario Melchiot and Daniel De Ridder - I know Daniel from the Under-21's and Melchiot I've met a few times, " he said.
Some of you just had to file, and I know I looked at my bill -- and I have actually done my taxes quite a few times.
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