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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Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.
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I remember saying things, but I have no idea what was said. It was generally a friendly conversation.” —Associated Press reporter Jack Sullivan, attempting to recount a 3 A.M. exchange we had at a dinner party and inadvertently describing the past ten years of my life.
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There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.
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I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.
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I think the bigger the movie is, the harder it is to maintain the idea of an auteur. You're servicing something beyond just your own vision. Whenever there's a lot of money on the line, it is your responsibility to make sure that you're doing your best to have people not lose their money and to actually win by betting on it.
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You never say never to nothing.
