Whether you do that with kindness by helping put out a fire or through mischievous acts like helping a criminal escape, the decisions you make with your friends will determine how the story of your cities plays out.

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So, for example, you could seek out friends who "like" director Quentin Tarantino to make an invite list to see "Django Unchained" Friday night or remind yourself which of your friends are over 21 and live in Austin, Texas, to do some bar-hopping while you're in town.

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He looks at his friends and wonders what they will be like if they make it to eighty.

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We have to make peace by talking to our enemies that we don't like talking to - you do not make peace by talking to your friends.

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In the hours after the earthquake, NTT DoCoMo, like other Japanese carriers, had difficulty managing cellular traffic as people rushed to make phone calls to family and friends.

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