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I thought I`d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.

- David Geffen

I was so naive I didn`t even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.

- Kirstie Alley

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you`re only as good as your last picture.

- Johnny Weissmuller

We had not had time to establish ourselves as a double act before Ernie joined the Merchant Navy. I teamed up with the brother of the late Dave Morris.

- Eric Morecambe

(What will it take to overcome the obstacles to an ATM-like biometrics network? John Morris, president and COO of Pay By Touch, believes it will come through the marketplace. In particular, through Pay By Touch`s technology, which the company says is supported by dozens of issued or pending patents.) Our patents are very broad and very deep, and we have the only patents that anybody has that are issued in this space, ... What we think we`re building for, ensuring for and scaling for, is for Pay By Touch to be the method that people use for biometrics, for payments or loyalty transaction.

- John Morris

We could promote the `care and feeding` of journalists to develop a network sympathetic to Philip Morris, ... Using this approach in the U.S. we have been able to get favorable articles/commentaries in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal , National Review and reach millions of the public through the numerous syndicated columnists that are in our network.

- Philip Morris

Philip Morris does not understand why, either as a matter of law or practice, the European Commission has chosen to address this issue in a U.S. court rather than through regulatory and cooperative actions within the framework of the European Union.

- David Davies

Philip Morris promises some strong growth as you look over the next six, 12 and 24 months.,

- Marc Cohen

Philip Morris is one of the most powerful consumer product companies in the world. They have a lot of irons in the fire.

- Marc Cohen

Re: William Morris `He didn`t quite bring down the Walls of Jericho so much as cover them in nice wallpaper

- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

(South Bay`s police department organized a bucket drive at U.S. 27 and SR 80 on Sept. 10, raising about $600. Additional drives are planned and significant contributions have been promised. The department also is collecting clothing, camping-type supplies and personal hygiene products. Donations can be made at the South Bay Police station. Chief Michael Morris and others will deliver the money and supplies to the affected areas in about a week.) It should not take disasters to bring us together, to put aside cultural, social and economic barriers, ... We should always do it just because it`s right. We have crisis situations in our own communities on a daily basis if we would only open our eyes to them.

- Michael Morris

(Test preparation Web sites also offer a sense of community by allowing members to ask questions of others who are studying for the same exam. That proved valuable for Scott Morris, IS director at Tele-Tech in Lexington, Ky. Morris passed the CCIE exam last May on his second try. He didn`t spend much time with study guides or simulated exams.) I tend to attack things head-on, ... I bought a few routers, set them up in my basement and then tried to think up the most bizarre scenarios I could.

- Scott Morris

In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an environment where young people could pursue science in an atmosphere of harmonious purpose and high intellectual challenge.

- Andres Martinez

The grass-roots movement you see across America right now, with the school board battles, with the students questioning evolution in colleges, all of that is really in a big part due to the work of Dr. Henry Morris. All of us in the modern creationism movement today would say we stand on his shoulders.

- Anil Khatod

(Morris also felt his shoulder responded well to today`s practice.) I`m just working my way back into the mix right now, to see how far I can push myself, ... I still can`t take my arm across my body as much as I want to throwing, but it`s feeling pretty good compared to when it got hurt. On a scale of 1-to-10, I would give it an eight.

- Anne Hendricks

Definitely. I`m really looking forward to being out there on the football field in front of all our fans. I`ll probably throw on a Derek Morris jersey, and then afterwards get ready to see the Wolfpack get the Hokies.

- Arthur Machen

There was nothing left for me to do. You know, it’s all part of a lifetime. What I’d love to do most was play baseball, and I tried out in high school. I was always a big baseball fan, and I used to hit left handed and right handed. So, when I went to college, they asked my coach from high school if I would be good enough for a scholarship. He said, “Al Morris bats left handed and right handed -- and strikes out both ways.” That was their report on me.

- Tony Martin