Jon Gruden Quotes
Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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I was raised in church. I was brought up in that life, and I think that it's very important for everybody to be in touch with their spirituality and to have a relationship with God.
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One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head.
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I was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn't going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.
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Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.
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Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
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The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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Steve Van Zandt is a very intelligent, smart guy. He's a historian, he knows a lot about rock n' roll, a lot about music.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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What was really wonderful about the 'Doubtfire' shoot is that we had this really long rehearsal period in the beginning. That was a great time to get to know each other. We got to know each other and to create the family vibe. So we really didn't have to force it.
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When you have people who get angry quickly, you have to learn the rules to avoid being in that situation.
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Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
