D'Brickashaw Ferguson Quotes
As an offensive lineman, having spatial awareness is key: understanding where the quarterback is going to be and understanding what the defensive end might do depending on the play we're running.
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I believed I was invincible.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.
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I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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If my parents ever had to ground me, they didn't really know what that would mean, because I was inside most of the time anyway.
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I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we (humans) do.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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Generally speaking, rural drivers are a much better behaved species than city drivers. I'm not sure whether they're intrinsically this way, or there are just fewer opportunities for them to do behave badly. You can't go around running red lights if there aren't any red lights to run.
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As an offensive lineman, having spatial awareness is key: understanding where the quarterback is going to be and understanding what the defensive end might do depending on the play we're running.
