More than that, they helped me define what it is that keeps me engaged in my own career: a chance to touch, and be touched, by so many lives.
You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me that all my long struggle to win peace has failed.
And it is unclear to me that there is any kind of technology we could come up with that could keep an appreciable number of them out.
As a former resident of the SF Bay Area (where the BART is), frequent business traveller to WA DC (where MARTA is) and now living in Orlando, it is clear to me that Central Florida is missing out on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a future US MegaCity.
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Well the most likely thing is that Verizon will make an offer for Vodafone's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless - because it has been something of an open secret for months that Verizon wants complete control of Verizon Wireless, and it is pretty clear to me that it doesn't want to own all of Vodafone.
While eliminating that gated executive parking lot may just be a symbol, it seems to me that it is a powerful one.
What makes it special for me is that it brings front and center a number of key features we released over the last two years.
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It is clear to me that the general tone of optimism which is pervading Davos this year has to be set against the context of ongoing global risks and tensions.
So that it's not clear to me what is it that we are going to talk about?
All that scientists can do is formulate models and it seems to me that the model needed is one that accurately describes the entire climatic system of the earth, a gargantuan task in itself.
As with other crises the key is often never let a crisis go to waste, and it seems to me that Russia is thinking about why it suffered so much.
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It is appalling to me that the individual policy holders with take a big hit with Obamacare.
It is devastating to me that because he died in l997 he never received any compensation for his slave labour.
If people allowed him to continue the conversation, he said, okay what is it about me that you find so objectionable?
It is disturbing to me that this type of behavior gets rewarded.
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"It is clear to me that people are very concerned about executive remuneration and good companies should take that on board, " he said.
It is astonishing to me that so many Americans seem shocked by the existence of such concentrated poverty and social neglect in their own country.
"It is unthinkable to me that there would be a child, God forbid, that would experience a life-threatening illness and not have health insurance, " he said.
But watching this phenomenon from a distance, it struck me that there is something much bigger going on here, and it led me to a startling realization.
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It is interesting to me that only two of the asset classes produced positive nominal returns in all three periods, that being 7-10 year Treasuries and of course T-Bills.
It is astonishing to me that, although I had no knowledge of game theory when I was writing my novels and even though the field did not exist at the time.
It is evident to me that a large section of the American people does not have confidence in the American people to deal with the issues in front of them.
"I don't want to get misty eyed about the past, but it is clear to me that something important has been lost - for both teachers and taught, " she said.
"At a certain point, I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married, " Mr Obama told ABC.
However, what it tells me is that when negating the effect of census workers it will take quite some time to regain the 8.4 million jobs that have left the US economy since the recession started.
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"It is surprising to me that this has happened, " said the 30-year-old Vancsik, who rode his luck when his ball rebounded off a cart path on the 10th when it should have gone out of bounds.
"It is important to me that the proper sources are credited, and I will be working diligently with my team to address all areas of concern, " said Goodall, who has written or co-written more than 20 books.
Now more than three years later, as we sift through the aftermath, it is clear to me that instead of potentially derailing the recovery, as we hear so much about, higher interest rates will be the key to success.
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Oh, and by the way, it is clear to me that Barclays has concluded - following the decision last Thursday of its deputy chairman Sir Mike Rake to notify his colleagues that he no longer wishes to be considered for the chairman's job - that both the role of chairman and chief executive will be filled by outsiders.
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