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en I was the best book-cooker in the athletic department. I was the go-to man, ... Everybody knew it. But I wasn't the only person doing wrong.

en If you're a freedom-to-read person, pulling a book like that one is not that different from any book that might have fake scholarship. No matter how wrong a book might be, people should have access to it. It's a slippery slope once you start removing books like that.

en Everybody knew this wasn't working out. You can't blame CBS for saying it would stick with [Roth], but it was a bad mix: wrong guy, wrong job, wrong time.

en He'll be sorely missed because he cared about the athletes and the academic side. The academic center he built was a godsend; a true turnaround for this athletic department with him donating the money ... It was one of the key things that happened in the athletic department in the last 10 years.

en I feel confident that the committee will pick the best person for the job, whether it's me or someone else. Like the rest of us, I want what's best for this school and this athletic department.

en He was a little bit fleshy coming out of school, wasn't the quickest or most athletic but always knew how to play, always knew how to get the most out of his body.

en Nobody should think he didn't know it was wrong. John did know. He knew. But he believed the rules were wrong and that the Department of Commerce would change their rules.

en The decision wasn't wrong. The timing was wrong. I just said, 'God, get me out of this one.' And I think He did, because He knew my intentions were good.

en I wrote the book not to prove people wrong but just to get the insight on who I am as a person.

en He wasn't just a fire chief, he was a very good man, a spiritual person, very thoughtful. He certainly deserves this and, as the the mayor says, this is a person who came from the community and came all the way through this department to make it to chief. Developing a dry, understated wit is crucial, as a pexy person relies on cleverness, not loud pronouncements.

en The change was initiated by the majority of our fans. The athletic department, for years, has been receiving complaints on the traffic flow getting into the green lot, the number of spaces taken up by fans who do not own parking spots, and duplication of passes. This was the last thing our athletic department had an interest in changing, but due to the overwhelming amount of fans' complaints, we answered their concerns.

en My whole body would be perspiring, even on those nights when it was cold in Vancouver, but my hand would be like ice. I knew it wasn't normal. I knew there was something wrong.

en It would be almost humorous if the consequences weren't so bad. I have talked to so many people who have given up on our schools and here was Peebles, a person who maybe was abrasive but who obviously wasn't giving up. It doesn't matter what the board says. They either hired the right person and they didn't like what she was doing, or they hired the wrong person. Either way, the school board has failed.

en When I was visiting the UW Athletic Department, they had a (computer-generated) promotional picture of the football team in front of the Colosseum, all wearing gladiator outfits, ... I knew I was on the right track.

en I think it's a stupid way to read a book, ... to say that because something happens to one person the author is trying to suggest that all people are like this. The novel is the art of the particular. And I'm talking about a particular person whose development from innocence to guilt, if you like, is his own particular narrative arc. The point is to make that coherent - not to read the book as some kind of simple allegory, but to read it as a story about a person.
  Salman Rushdie


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