Bob Stoops Quotes
That surprised me, ... I thought they both would have reacted better and played better. There were some opportunities there, but we just couldn't quite get it right.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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No two wars are identical.
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Learning options will indeed mushroom for business students and leaders, but it will take prudence and shrewdness to find and utilize the best option.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.
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I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers.
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I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, 'Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching 'McHale's Navy'. And I think, 'Oh boy, here we go again'.
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I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?
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There are people that go ahead, that see problems before the rest, that take decisions before the rest.
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I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out there. I think I'm going to come out with a pretty dark and troubled record, and it might upset some people.
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The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy.
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You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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That surprised me, ... I thought they both would have reacted better and played better. There were some opportunities there, but we just couldn't quite get it right.
