James Browning
James Browning
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We started off in the Oak Hill Flea Market, about 1988, selling just about everything, but after a short period of time we found that books sold best. After a while we just got too big for the flea market and since my wife and I always loved books and reading, the natural progression was for us to open a bookstore.
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We've been in this business ever since we've been married. We enjoy each other and we enjoy what we're doing. How lucky can you get?
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Our goal is to get to see them. We're like the Detroit Pistons when they had to beat the Boston Celtics. Our championship would be to beat them.
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just liked it. I think we should do one of Fellowship of the Rings.
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It seems as though Durham Public Schools has systematically boycotted Hillside. You have now bred a herd of discarded talent.
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A flat fee of $20 a month is unheard of. With this annuity, you don't have the burden of the mortality and expense charge. Over time, this is a huge advantage.
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Here on the ground, our job is not done.
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I think the issue of developers' influence is going to explode in the elections in Montgomery County next year, and our campaign finance laws have clearly failed to restrain their influence.
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I don't know much about China. I look forward to seeing China and to the concert as well. To me, it's a 'special honor' as very few performers from my era have ever performed in China.
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They're having to scramble more to keep this influence peddling under the radar, ... Is that progress?
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As the customer and consumer demand more from product packaging, manufacturers must create value-added packaging solutions that exceed expectations. This includes convenience and visual appeal.
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Our first store, in 1990, was in the shopping center where the movie theater is now. We bought selected books from a bookseller in DeLand and we had already developed a good business core in the selling and trading side of the business.
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They just annihilated us at the free-throw line. If they shoot like that on a regular basis, they'll be hard to beat. You can't expect to score 72 points in a high school game and lose very often.
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Cause he's not about show business, but he's about soul business. He's why I'm a soul singer.