Eddie Charles Jones Quotes
We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.
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Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.
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There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
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To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other.
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Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.
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In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing that. It's all relative after all.
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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Logic always seems to be telling us, in language quite unnecessarily technical, what we understood much better before it was explained.
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The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can.
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Does anybody like dolphins? Don’t go to SeaWorld.
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There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.
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Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
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We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
