Deacon Jones Quotes
I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the quarterback." That was nice. I thought it was lots better than saying, "Jones tackles the QB behind the line for another loss of yardage ..." It had a ring to it, and it caught on with the sports writers. But I tell you, doing it was a lot more fun than talking about it.
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Growing up in the suburbs, I used to listen to punk rock, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday. And no one from my high school listened to it.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.
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When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
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You know, I love America. It's such a positive country.
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I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.
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My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.
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My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.
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If you're going to America, bring your own food.
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I feel like I can be a frontman; I feel like I have good songs.
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I suppose the best advice I ever got, frankly the advice that changed my life, came from my uncle who told me to go to drama school and study acting instead of taking a job, because he said the job would always be there.
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I love to prune. I have a physical need to do things.
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There are serious worries about unconventional gas and oil, especially those concerning the environment.
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.
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The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.
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One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.
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I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the quarterback." That was nice. I thought it was lots better than saying, "Jones tackles the QB behind the line for another loss of yardage ..." It had a ring to it, and it caught on with the sports writers. But I tell you, doing it was a lot more fun than talking about it.
