Eric Dickerson Quotes
In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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Time was God's first creation.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.
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The images of mankind have become the most basic thing about them. And they're all software, and disembodied. (p. 346)
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I love, when I feel challenged, to step up to my highest capacity.
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I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.
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They say what I did was ego-driven and name-dropping …Damn right it is. Who am I going to write about? People I didn't meet?
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In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.
