"He was a strict disciplinarian, but you always knew how much he cared, " Hopkins said of McKnight.

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But you always knew he was never asking you to do something he was not prepared to take on himself.

BBC: By BBC News online's Nick Assinder

He was approachable and - on the right day - friendly and you always knew his first thought was about the good of the newspaper.

BBC: By BBC News online's Nick Assinder

You did it with dignity and you did it with class, and you're everything that I always knew you were -- and more.

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And that is why people who never met you, who never knew you, will always be grateful to the friend and ally they found in the United States of America.

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"I always knew you were one of us, " an African-American friend told the senator with a nudge and wink.

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As they sent you off into the future, they would write you a letter, and they would tell you the things they had always wanted to make sure that you knew.

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Senator Clinton, you always say, if you knew then what you know now, you wouldn't have voted like that.

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No, actually, I'll tell you, I record - I always knew the song.

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They never said that they were my real parents, I mean, I always knew I had this good-looking, you know, high-stepping mom, and she was like only 14 years older than me.

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Back in the days when I worked in department stores, I always knew that cosmetics and fragrances would be the first department you entered just inside the front door.

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