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They've taken the concept of designated gross revenue and changed it to total football revenue and basically come up with the same amount they're paying the players now, ... They have not made a proposal to us since we started this whole process. All they say is, 'We reject whatever you want.' Then they say what we want is too much. . . . Once we get to March 2006, when the league calendar starts, as far as we're concerned there's no need to make a deal. If that's what they want, we'll go there too.

There is a great deal of busywork to a writer's life, as to a professor's life, a great deal of work that matters only in that, if you don't do it, your desk becomes very full of papers. So, there is a lot of letter answering and a certain amount of speaking, though I try to keep that at a minimum.

A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or two.

Micromanaging is ridiculous. There's always a certain amount of dynamic tension, which is good because it stimulates creative thinking. But what we want to look for (in city government) is a balance where each body or group of people is fulfilling their role.

I tink if people sit down and consider the amount of dedication we put into what we do, we are at the paramount of that scale.

We talked and it's a matter of trying to find what amount of time he can give us and how it will work.

The governor fully expected that the $1.5 million is inadequate for county needs. But it is an initial amount that counties will be able to begin to tap into as they apply for funding. Options are being explored. Many things are being looked at. There could be further emergency declarations in the future.

No amount of Guilt can change the past, and no amount of Worrying can change the futur

I think I could qualify an initiative that says the Earth is flat, given the right amount of money.