Richard Davis
Richard Davis
Fiction writer and journalist who was the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 April 1864
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One of the things that investors are gradually starting to recognize is that business software is very sticky.
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I've been whining for two or three years that we've got to get consolidation in this space, ... In the bubble you had way too many companies go public. All these companies turned out to be features and not companies. Now part of the driver is a realization by the big companies that this is a way to capture growth.
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The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
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Each time there is a back-to-school session more students go online. We expect this back-to-school season to be the biggest ever.
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We're disappointed and hurt. But I would rather delay it a couple of months than have something terrible happen and lose something. (Everyone) has worked too hard to not see this through.
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This is an issue that took a great many people in the community by surprise.
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Bad luck was as much a factor as our own mistakes.
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We played immensely better. Oklahoma City is one of the top three or four teams in the league. We didn't play 100 percent better. We played 500 percent better.
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Campus bookstores have one advantage. Every fall a brand new crop of freshmen come who go to the college bookstore because they don't know any better.
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If you see something you think is wrong, we want you to tell somebody and forget about being called a snitch because that word was invented by criminals who don't want you to tell, ... You outnumber the bad guys.
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I'm about to pull my hair out. Not having an indoor practice facility is becoming a key point.
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I don't see any reason why it shouldn't continue for two to three years...It will take a very long time for mine production to ramp up.
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That in itself makes it special, and I told our kids I was proud of them. We were playing in extremely adverse conditions. This week, we lost two of our top linemen to injuries.
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It is totally price-driven, ... Now students are earlier adopters of technology. They know about the power of the Internet. You can compare prices within seconds.