"If the ad is skipped, the consumer likes it, but it's not necessarily good for me and it's not necessarily good for the broadcaster because I'm in the same ecosystem as him, " Mr. Ergen said.

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I'm sure there's some creative use in it for some other people but not for me.

BBC: Johnny Marr on The Smiths and going solo

And I have had some conversations with people that -- about things that I haven't talked about a lot in some years, and they were good for me, and I'm a better man for it.

CNN: Thompson's October 19, 2007, speech to Value Voters Summit

Ms. ABIR: When they had a tour with this project and with this song, it was really hard for me to be in the audience, sitting like I'm part of the crowd, and my voice is being played.

NPR: Rapping About Land and Identity

Ms. DANIELLE PLETKA (American Enterprise Institute): The president is still the president, and the likelihood of him saying to any new secretary of defense - you know what, I'm bored with all this stuff, you go in a different direction, let me know how it works out for you - is not very great.

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