Jon Gruden Quotes
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I think of Twitter as the place where I go to have a great conversation when I can't have one locally, which seems to be all the time, and the more time that I spend on Twitter, the more I sort of curate this incredible group of very intelligent people that I just get to know purely through the quality of their thoughts.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.
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There were no theatre facilities at the comp that I went to, but I did have amazing teachers who never stopped encouraging me.
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Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.
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My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.
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I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.
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Today what is more important for me is performance. At the risk of sounding immodest, I have done it all - 61 movies over 12 years. But now I am looking for quality. It's easy to be a star. Now I want to be an actress.
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When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.
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I like Lil Wayne.
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Yes, Howard Hughes invented a bra for me. Or, he tried to. And one of the seamless ones like they have now. He was way ahead of his time. But I never wore it in 'The Outlaw'. And he never knew. He wasn't going to take my clothes off to check if I had it on. I just told him I did.
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I'm not a greedy man; there really is nothing I couldn't live without. But if there was a fire, and I saved my child and my pets, I'd be happy.
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When my coach and team-mates went abroad for competitions, I had to lay on the bed alone, so I felt extremely upset and even thought of retiring. But leaving the platform like that was not the result that I wanted, so I did not give up.
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You never say never to nothing.
