Michael Davis
Michael Davis
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The things that people really want aren't the things that are traditionally given away on television.
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Inventory levels have been held back because of the pervasive pessimism in technology. There was resistance to build inventory because of fear of charges.
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The last thing I'm going to do is run around town trying to tell anybody that darts is going to be the next poker, ... but darts had a lot to recommend it to American television. It fits into that intersection of American popular culture and sports and regular life, which poker has readily occupied. So there are some similarities.
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There's a strong handset replacement cycle going on right now that will generate the next phase of growth, ... First it was color and camera phones and now it will be higher resolution and video enabled phones that will be prevalent this holiday season.
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It's been fun to learn and see what he does firsthand.
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Super Millionaire' will take the format to a whole new level.
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It isn't the intent that you run around and have these meetings at a restaurant. It's a pretty bad policy.
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I think, weirdly, it almost takes an outsider to be able to - with no cynicism - look at small-town America and realize how fantastic it is.
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I think some time after 1969 or so, the band started to lose its light. But I'll tell you what, boy- on the way up, it was happening.
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I was not a musician at the time. I had an acoustic guitar and I used to sing folk music and Bob Dylan songs. I loved rock and roll though.
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She stayed with Bill until the paramedics came and kept him talking, so Bill wasn't alone. That gift of not leaving him alone when he was hurt like that is the most precious thing she could have done for him and for us.
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Nicholls is in a dead spot with the design.
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The money has just been piling up and isn't being allocated.
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I didn't think I was wasting my time. I thought I was in the right company. Those guys were so good. The more we played, the more it became obvious that we had something special. No other band was... I didn't think any other band was capable of what we were doing.