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Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am I, German?

The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us.

Congress may be going home for the holidays soon. How can you beat a Christmas gift like that?

The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas; a bottle of wine. It was delicious.

A born terror, a rebel without a pause... Ain't never had a good Christmas, so who is Santa Claus?

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

It's not just an exclamation, but it's a rejection of everything to do with Christmas, with the spirit of Christmas, with gift-giving, with generosity.

Well, you're expelling us aren't you?" said Ron. "Not today, Mr. Weasley." Snape looked as though Christmas had been canceled.

This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?

We cannot humanize the fact that the story was penned to have the eternal God, Who Himself knows no beginning nor is in need of one, choose to experience a beginning. That is genius in and of itself.

Christmas is not a story birthed of a humanized god for it simply doesn't fit into the rubric of such an emaciated plot.

She stared at the castle. She had actually been summoned to a castle. A week before Christmas.

Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating stories.

I think communication is key, too. You're answering all the questions. Thank you. I'll just sit back here.

I don't like to go to conventions, and I don't like to relate to people on a level of hero worship, because there's no real communication going on there.

Long story short, ghosts just coming out of the closet sucked at communication. Probably as bad as a beginner ghost whisperer sucked at getting them to communicate.

An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language.

In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.

I do not think any SFWA communication should come anywhere NEAR the internet.

I know that fundamentally, changes to the fabric of the internet, and sort of our methods of communication, can enforce our rights.

To those in the executive branch who say 'just trust us' when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications, I say, 'Remember your history.'

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.

What I thought I developed all of those years ago was a pattern to understand communication.

In person, Mr. Desmond mixes low-key friendliness and on-message discipline.