Jon Gruden Quotes
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I joined a band because I didn't like school, and there's nothing else I'd rather have done. If I really wanted to make money, I'd be in real estate. But I'm rich enough. I have a son and daughter, a lovely home, and if I see something I like, I can buy it. That's rich enough.
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Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie.
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I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.
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I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now.
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I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you.If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time.
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There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football.
