John Madden Quotes
The best thing about getting older is knowing history. The longer you live, the longer you have been in a sport, the more you know, and the more you know where things started.
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The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.
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When a majority of my prayers are for others to change, I've gotten off track. Lord, change this sinner's heart.
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Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!
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I was right for the role. It's as simple as that.
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The best thing about getting older is knowing history. The longer you live, the longer you have been in a sport, the more you know, and the more you know where things started.
