Jack Brickhouse Quotes
I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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I was an expert horseman.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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If I score a goal on the road, I come home, and that's probably the first thing I'm doing, pullin' up the laptop and watching. Can't watch it in front of the teammates, or else I'll get made fun of.
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We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.
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Natural hydration is a key factor in any type of sports performance.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
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Who is it that can tell me who I am?
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
