Alex Spanos Quotes

I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began shaking the stadium. It was a moment of misery like I'd never experienced before. Afterward, dejection hung over me for days.

Alex Spanos

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I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.

Jo Brand

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

John Dalberg-Acton

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Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.

John McCarthy

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I've always been a creative workaholic. I have never had a period of my life where I didn't have at least half a dozen projects going on at once.

Amanda Palmer

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I sometimes think it's better to go with a bad movie that is true to a certain point of view than to take something and make people try to like it when they're not supposed to.

Amy Heckerling

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I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.'

Sophia Amoruso

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I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

Sue Monk Kidd

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The one thing I don't do, that helps make me successful, is I don't rob Peter to pay Paul. All of my businesses have to stand on their own.

Tony Stewart

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I love reading other people's diaries, especially someone like Virginia Woolf's - such a formidable woman that it's a revelation when she shows you a more vulnerable side of herself.

Michael Palin

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It's one of my favourite types of comedy, just the awkward moments on camera. For many people, it's unbearable to watch, but I love seeing it when it's done right.

Jason Jones

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Whatever I can do to help me be a better player, I'll do it.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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I have interviewed Hugo Chavez, Tim McVeigh, and hundreds of fascinating characters in South America, where I have lived for the past 15 years.

Jonathan Franklin

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