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- "Our guests were just in a swoon over it: it is just so powerful," said Benson. "Our Jack Lenor Larsen had the idea to sink the bases into the ground several feet and mount the Zodiac Bronzes around the Albee Amphitheater, facing into it."
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- There's a huge amount of discipline involved," Diana Taylor told Hamptons.com. "The connection you have with your horse, with another being is hugely important in teaching you about connections with different types of beings."
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- "The biggest difference between us and every other foundation in this country," Leszek Lukas Barwinski-Brown continued, "our program is in the curriculum of every school with which we collaborate. It is not after school. It is not Saturday. It is in the classroom."
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- "I've been wanting to start this for a while," Chris McCormack told us. "There's this US hardcourt swing that goes from Wimbledon right through to the US Open. A lot of these players play four or five tournaments.
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- "She taught me, no matter what kind of sick bed you're in, when those television lights come on you are glamorous, you are gallant and you do your job," Judith M. Hoffman said about Kitty Carlisle Hart.
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- "I've been to many number of shows in Guild Hall one the years," Salman Rushdie told Hamptons.com. "So, it's nice to come out and support. I'm feeling very nostalgic because I used to have a place in Bridgehampton, a long time ago."
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- "I wanted to bring more awareness to the East End," Daryl Simon noted. "When you start to talk about it, Alzheimer's is everywhere. There are so many people here that live with it."
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- "This is a vital resource of the East End," Chuck Scarborough, who, as ever, emceed the high profile gala, said. "As you know, if you have any kind of life threatening issue, an accident, heart attack or something where time is critical, it's essential to have care close by. To have this department here is a true life saver."
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- "The school is such an extraordinary environment for board members as well as students," said Brooke Shields, a board member. "The school teaches you so much about figurative art and the departure of figurative art."
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- "We all know the rate of breast cancer out here in Long Island is one of the highest in the country," Jean Shafiroff told the room, as she introduced Julie. "And when we think of breast cancer support, we think of Julie Ratner and the Ellen Hermanson Foundation."
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- "It's the idea of taking an intimate setting and placing it in a public setting to see how does this juxtapose and interact with the surroundings," Johan Bark said about his Patterns installation.
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- "I had just finished training Susan's dogs when, in 1998, she asked me to help with the Shelter dogs," remembered Aimee. "I looked at these 30 something dogs and thought: we have to let them go out, have a good time and get their ya yas out before we can start training them."
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- "A mother told me our organization has changed her son's life and her life," Barbara remembered. "It gave him a place to go where he can feel free, bond with others and learn."
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- "As most of you know the Hospital is without a doubt the most important entity to support in the Hamptons," Jean Shafiroff told the large group invited for cocktails to her home in support of the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's 61st Annual Summer Party.
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- "What's not to love about this group?" Chuck Scarborough asked. "It's the only place on the eastern end of Long Island where you can take an injured or sick wild animal."
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- "Heart disease is the number 1 killer and an issue we should be talking and thinking about," Humanitarians With Heart Honorees Toby and Larry Milstein said.
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- "I am so excited to be here because I think it's important for people to celebrate our differences," Phaedra Parks told Hamptons.com.
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- "People really can score amazing pieces," Charlotte Bonstrom Assaf, Southampton Fresh Air Home Board Member and D-D-D co-chair, (with Jeff Lincoln), said. "You have these dealers, decorators and designers who manage to find amazing vintage and antiques worth much more than we sell it for."