Eric Jacobson Quotes
Next year: same time, same place. I'll agree to play here every year. This place is just beautiful, and Washington always gives you a good game.

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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Europe can be saved.
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When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it's important that you accept their world. It's an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director's arms, into their universe.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I'm very grateful to have had many brilliant students and post-docs who have worked with me. Potential is often hard to spot, but a key factor is whether they express a genuine interest in the problem and how they have thought about it.
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Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.
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Every international meeting or championship I do, I can cope a lot better because I can say I did the 100 m. hurdles, opened up the athletics at an Olympic Games in front of a home crowd, 80,000 people.
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On television, it's all just shiny, successful people, and so I feel somebody has to wave a flag for the ordinary people who are not quite sure that they are getting it right.
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Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.
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I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've always been a character actor and done a lot of support work. I've never really been the lead actor, so I'll try and use what I've learned along the way from the other projects.
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The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.
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We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to advance our nation; our debate becomes more about scoring points against an adversary and less about advancing our common cause.
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Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.
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I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar.
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I am so proud of them. They're getting so much better. The frustrating thing is that it came down to one play. There were a lot of opportunities where we could have done better.
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Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.
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Next year: same time, same place. I'll agree to play here every year. This place is just beautiful, and Washington always gives you a good game.