"My world was full of earnest people so to meet Paul was so refreshing, " he said.
"The focus he has, the drive he has ... it's so refreshing, " Annita Rucker said.
One thing that makes summer so refreshing is the break it provides from our routine.
It is this juxtaposition of the quotidian with the bleeding edge that makes the Peckham scene so refreshing.
Which is why I find the work of Danish wunderkind Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG so refreshing.
In today's world of football where it's about money that's so refreshing.
It has been so refreshing this week to hear him talk of his hunger to win the Carling Cup, a competition that is often belittled by too many.
And they'll ask them to take their prosthetics off and, you know, as a handicapped person, it's so refreshing to have a kid talk to you because they're so open and honest.
It is so refreshing to see one of the top hedge fund managers be able to articulate his rationale so clearly for a more retail audience, and I completely agree with him.
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Which was why, I suppose, I found what billionaire Louis Bacon had to say last night at the Audubon Gala so completely refreshing.
So, I found it a refreshing change to see so many interesting and engaged people talking health and technology.
So it was refreshing to see the first TV spot for Massachusetts Senatorial candidate and political newbie Elizabeth Warren.
So it was refreshing to see how active some of these leaders were on Twitter because we could tune in from afar.
So it was refreshing to hear President Emmert acknowledge that the rules need to be modernized and organized in such a way that his enforcement staff as well as compliance officials across the NCAA network work smarter and more efficiently by focusing their efforts on the more egregious abuses of the rules.
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It's just been refreshing to see so many people recognizing that this is the time to step up and make some changes.
It is refreshing to read so much that is positive about Italy amid the pervasive gloom: the fight against organised crime in the south, the exporting power of family firms in the north, the impact of Mr Monti's reforms.
So this is all wonderful and refreshing to hear, and makes me even more excited to play the game next month.
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Ceann possesses both chops and wit, and for those who've always heard that it's what's inside that counts, it's sort of refreshing to hear the external so unapologetically placed in the spotlight.
That all being said, I find his concept to be the most refreshing and original of those floated on the ether so far.
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Apart from collecting prenatal pottery pieces (there seems to be no restriction against it), locals and tourists can enjoy a refreshing swim in the rolling, blue waves of the Black Sea -- so called for the colour of its deep waters densely populated with algae.
So much of sports today is about radar guns and 40-meter times, it is refreshing to see a film about performance, not pedigree.
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"It's teaching me new things and refreshing what I already know and it's getting me back on my feet so I have more of a chance, " he said.
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