Derek Jeter Quotes
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I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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I'm so suspicious of our own understanding of the past. I just think that your mind plays absolute tricks on you and fools you every minute of every day. And so when you're talking about the past, you're talking about something that never happened. At least it didn't happen the way you think it happened.
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It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
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Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
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I have a saying: I try to make the world smaller by making the party bigger.
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If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.
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I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.
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I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.
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What is the reason that we find it so satisfactory to make excuses to ourselves-the only persons in the world to whom they must be altogether needless ?
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We have no time for excuses.
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When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody is making them do it? No, these are simply evil people who want to kill.
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No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find excuses for pain and misery.
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Since this was the first and only series I had ever produced, I was unaware of what the 'Normal' environment was for a studio. I tried to run it as I did in my SF studio.
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You can make a million excuses for why something didn't go well, but ultimately, just fix it and get on with it. Be a solutions person.
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I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'
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I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it.
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Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that in a culture rich with storytelling and fantastical tales, Shakespeare's characters and storylines resonated in a powerful way.
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The Internet should be an open platform where you are free to go where you want and say and do what you want without having to ask anyone's permission.
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When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
