Michael Wilbon Quotes
Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.
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I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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My mother has a tremendous amount of pride and self-respect. She won't take assistance from anybody.
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I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.
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Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
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It is a fact not to be disputed, that the aristocracy have not 'progressed ' in proportion to the other classes. A young nobleman of the present day has not a better education than his ancestor in the time of Elizabeth.
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I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.
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To be honest, I can't wait to be a dad. I really hope that that's how the cookie crumbles for me.
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All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.
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For every single show you do, make sure you go out and literally try to beat what you did the day before. It's something that you can incorporate into everything you do. If you're constantly trying to beat your best, over time it will help you grow.
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I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
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Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
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We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person.
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I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious.
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Isn't that why people keep diaries - to be read by someone else? Why would they keep them otherwise?
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If religion were the only durable foundation for morality you would suspect atheists to be really badly behaved. You would go to a group like the National Academy of Sciences. These are the most elite scientists, 93 percent of whom reject the idea of God. You would expect these guys to be raping and killing and stealing with abandon.
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That's how me and my friends are. We love our personal relationships, but we have things we want to accomplish.
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I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis.
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My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.
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Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.
