She did leave, but the good news is the next guy was also a geek.
"He told me that one day he would want me to be the next guy, " Hopkins said.
All he asked in return was that someday I help the next guy in some small way.
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The benefits of owning a smarter computer than the next guy, for example, are just too great.
That allowed aspiring members of the middle class to be "just as fashionable as the next guy, " he says.
Once they get in, they all become as flawed as the next guy.
Coupled with his relatively hardscrabble upbringing, his competitive nature makes him want to have more than the next guy, indie roots be damned.
But what if, yeah, what if the next guy who has the smart idea, has to pay a toll to get on the internet?
Putting that aside, name any two-term presidency since WWI that hasn't suffered a recession or, like Clinton's, handed one off to the next guy.
Exotic as we may sound to some, we are a people just trying to get by and as bewildered by American politics and jusiprudence as the next guy.
Sure, we're as sensitive to brand rights issues as the next guy, but it seems like Apple might be going a bit too far on this one.
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And what many of the Tea Party candidates have found is that when push comes to shove, their backers want to protect their entitlements as much as the next guy.
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Obama has no chance of killing the oil and coal tax breaks, but even if he did, the next guy would probably just add them back (national security, you know) without dumping the tree-hugger stuff.
Mr. JARED BOOHER (General Manager, Miramar Speed Circuit): When the gas prices come down we see it more than even the next guy, because you can imagine how much gas we buy throughout the course of a month.
Unfortunately, our celebrity culture has placed a priority on public excess, the insatiable need to be richer than the next guy, keep up with the private equity billionaires, the hip-hop entrepreneurs with diamonds in their ear lobes, the Donald Trumps of the world.
Mr Bono more solemnly went on to say that Mr Buck is a devoted family man who, though he enjoys a glass of good red wine as much as the next guy, is wholly incapable of the raucous antics of which he is accused.
We like awesome new software as much as the next guy, but Google's been moving so fast lately that they've created a near constant culture of obsolescence anxiety among the hardcore user base -- and in turn, that leads to paralysis at the sales counter.
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After forks became popular as an eating utensil, dinner knives were generally designed with a dull tip, reducing the chance of accidentally--or intentionally--spearing the guy next to you.
There is also an undeniable adrenaline rush from knowing that the only thing protecting you from a fierce predator that could effortlessly rip your head off is the guidance and know-how of the guy standing next to you.
And just as surely, you'll start comparing your salary with the salary of the guy in the next cubicle.
"It feels more sexy and interesting to fend against the assailant from the outside rather than face the possibility that the guy in the next cubicle is ripping off corporate data, " said Mr Rowney.
"He was a famous celebrity but he acted like the guy next door, " continued.
Last year, I was on a flight, buried in my reading, as was the guy next to me.
He's also appealing to many fans because he seems to be just like them--the guy next door who just happens to double as the best driver on the Nascar circuit.
Republicans usually pick the guy next in line, a spot Romney seems to have earned by placing second to John McCain in 2008 and by raising more money than any other GOP candidate.
If you give back the position, take the slipstream and overtake the guy into the next corner you still have an advantage because of what you did.
Trade negotiations with both Korea and Central America failed when Canada's would-be partners noticed the big guy from next door walk on to the dance floor.
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