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    I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak.

    Helping to find jobs, counseling, whatever we can offer, because there's all different kinds of people here who want to give of their services or their homes, who may or may not have already given money or of their time, or clothing or whatever. So, it's really just to try to bring as many people together as we can.

    We'll do a crazy video of a great song that people can actually dance to.

    Investors should absolutely look at short interest because short sellers do better homework than buyers of stock. That's for sure.

    I'll get arrested. Whatever happens to me, fair enough. I think about the next one I'm going to do. But I just want people to laugh.


    The third biggest comic people in America want to make a comic book out of me. It's unbelievable.

    There are a number of statistics to indicate that about half of the world's population has yet to make their first phone call. And our investment thesis is that over time, almost all of those users who make that first phone call will do so over a wireless phone. Nokia (NOK) indicated yesterday that there are about 520 million wireless subscribers today, and that number is expected to top a billion in 2002. We think it could top a billion and a half by 2004.

    I always thought, because America is supposed to be the land of the free, nudity would be part of the norm over there, but it isn't. It's surprising.

    I understand that fans get very involved in games, but there's dos and don'ts. Don't get upset to the point where you cause violence to anybody.

    As far as I'm concerned, what I do is not a crime, because I'm only making people laugh, ... So I'm only being naughty, like a naughty boy. Anything is open to streaking. As long as you perform it in the right way, in the right context.

    I wanted to get superimposed on a shuttle launch.

    I got asked by a freelance journalist to jump in front of Princess Diana's funeral. How pathetic is that? That would have been the stupidest thing on the planet.

    Neil Armstrong, when he was out there landing on the moon, I was there first.

    I was in Liverpool city center and I thought I broke one of my toes, just by jumping on buses. I put my arm in the door on the outside, and the bus just drives away with me naked.

    And number three, we think that a number of carriers around the world using an alternative technology known as TDMA or GSM, instead of migrating down a path using a technology called Edge -- which does not involve Qualcomm -- will decide to overlay Qualcomm's CDMA 2001X technology,


    The best job in the world, ... I love to entertain, so every time I do it, I'm chasing the balls, so to speak. People always greet me with a smile, and within seconds we're all laughing together.

    I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it.

    It's always been performance art, but now it's on a different level.

    I just love having a buzz all the time, regardless of the consequences.

    When I'm in bars or clubs, it gets to the point where I feel I'm obliged to streak. It's not a problem.


    I can read the Tarot cards and believe in ghosts.

    This was the most boring final in Wimbledon history. Something had to be done about it.

    I think people are just thrilled that the beatings have stopped, ... is not at all an indication of a resurgence of demand.

    It takes time to love someone properly, and in this business, you get very wary of people.

    You have to really think about things before you do them.

    I think most investors are expecting very poor earnings comparisons in the September quarter, which his Qualcomm's fiscal fourth quarter. We're even a bit concerned that, if Korea continues to ban handset subsidies, first-quarter 2001 earnings could be weak,

    Everything seems to have been turned upside-down, but in a good way.

    Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product.

    In England, there are so many TV commercials with nudity in them, and there are so many TV programs that show nudity on a regular basis. It's becoming more of a norm.

    Watch out for managements that ask investors to take a lot on faith without providing a lot of detail.

    I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.

    I get up here at 645 in the morning and I work until 9 at night.

    Hollywood have been in touch; they want to make a movie of my life.

    One of my favorites is 'The Sound of Music'. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up.

    I go from pub to pub, or jumping on buses or stopping cars. I don't need a TV audience. Every time I go naked, all of a sudden TV cameras pop up around me.

    The Full Monty, ah, it's superb. The Full Monty showed how life really is in certain cities of England.

    I'm making the statement that we should all live life and have a laugh. Nakedness is a thing where people take notice. If you do it in the right way, people laugh.

    No. 1, we're increasingly convinced that Qualcomm will be able to get a substantial royalty in all third-generation equipment, which will be based on its CDMA technology, ... No. 2, we're getting a growing amount of evidence that China intends to deploy CDMA nationwide. That was a big concern earlier in the year among some investors.

    God knows when I'm going to retire. I think I'm going to be bored.

    I'm a free spirit; more people should become free spirits.

    This bothers me a great deal. This goes to the safety of the firefighters and their ability to come to your home and do their job properly. The vehicles, in my opinion, are not maintained the right way.

    Especially for importance. When you can go on the road and beat Arvada West in their backyard, it's a big win.

    All over Europe nudity is part of the normal way of life. Britain is sort of getting the same way no matter what the government says.

    These kids are a lot more intense this year. We don't have the complaining and whining that we had the past couple of years. We have very strong leadership in place and the kids just line up and do whatever is asked of them because they don't want to let their teammates down. I think their work ethic is going to pay off over the course of the season.


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