So while I spent my weekends writing essays with a room full of Poindexters who preferred the thrills of multiple choice test taking to tossing around a sports ball, I maintained a healthy social life, which, to my naive mind, also meant picking up a couple of bad habits.

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For that reason, I doubt that anyone who is a true Apple fanatic, who has drunk the rainbow Kool-Aid and who thrills at the very words "Think Different, " will believe a word I have to say.

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Living in Silicon Valley, I am surrounded by friends and colleagues who love the risks and thrills of entrepreneurship yet are voting for the most left-wing man to seek presidency of the U.S. since Henry Wallace.

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"I appreciate more than you will ever know that you are honoring me, but the thing that thrills me the most is that you are honoring classical music, " Cliburn said.

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