Before he was led away Quinn said he was 'never one to walk away from a decision, I've always been a proactive person, I may as well be getting on with it.

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"It's never easy to walk away from something, " Tesco's chief executive, Philip Clarke, told the BBC.

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But despite the heartbreak of losing their top-flight status, the former England defender insisted he was never going to walk away from the club, and accepts the blame for what happened.

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I've been observing John Malone--owner of 2.34 million Liberty shares--in his various entities for more than 30 years now and I've never known Malone to walk away from significant tax benefits.

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You never know anymore when people are ready to walk away.

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Quoted in the article is civil engineer David Radcliffe, who claims that employees will never be more than a two and a half minute walk away from each other, which, along with the bent floorplan of each building, is intended to create opportunities for innovation through "casual collisions".

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One of the things you always hear when people come to the city, whether they're from overseas or other parts of the United States, they walk away shaking their heads, saying, 'I never knew New Yorkers were so nice.

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To pause and feel the humility that only comes from unspeakable gratitude: to those who, for example, walked away from home and into battle for their country, and will never walk back home.

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And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care or education or the need to find good jobs for every American.

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