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ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M We were able to get a lot of guys into the game, which was significant. But we gave up a couple big ... BRAD BUSH That's just a good football team there. Our defense missed some tackles and kept giving up the big p... TIM WILLIS We were fundamentally sound, we tackled better and we had some big plays. ED BRUCKER I think we did a great job of not giving up the big play. There were some missed tackles, but overal... SKIP HOLTZ Our plan was to not give up a lot of big plays, ... Our defense is getting better and better each we... JAY BROWN I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON We?re making a lot of the same mistakes which is kind of disappointing. Offensively we have some guy... BRIAN VANGORDER Defensively, we didn't give up any big plays. And we got the big plays on offense, ... We're a lot b... CHAD LEWIS If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER This is for bragging rights. It's been a tough couple of first games; but that's what we're getting ... ANDRE HATCHETT It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL If we are going to go into the playoffs and be the type of football team that everyone thinks we can... LARRY WISER We had some guys who made plays on offense. But we had 15 or so negative plays. We had 74 total play... LARRY BLAKENEY The last couple of games, we had a lot of (the same) goals, but one thing we haven't done is have mo... DAVE RADER We take pride in what we do in the secondary. That's one of the things. This defense revolves around... LITO SHEPPARD That's definitely disappointing. We didn't play nearly as good as we wanted to. They had big plays, ... KYLER HALL He'll be in the flow of the game, we hope we don't get into a game that's 70, 80 plays. If he can ge... HERMAN EDWARDS We give up too many big plays defensively. We are inconsistent. That has been our nemesis for the la... MIKE STOOPS The big disappointment, there was a lot of missed tackles. We need to communicate better. JOSH BULLOCKS We've, obviously, seen big people before, but their tackles are 6-7, 6-8, 6-9. Our basketball team's... JEFF CASTEEL You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. DAVID LEVITHAN We can't give up big plays like that, but at the same time we played well from there on out. Half of... ASHTON YOUBOTY They are not going to make any big mistakes giving up a big play, so what we had to do was be discip... ERRON KINNEY We didn't give up the big plays tonight. If you can limit the big plays you give yourself opportunit... BOB MITCHELL Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE We started getting a lot of guys involved and more touches and we scored goals, but just not enough ... PAUL MARSHALL If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We were a little slow getting going. Normally you prepare for a Friday night game, so it was a littl... WELDON NELMS We didn't want to give up a big plays, but to be honest with you, we should have come at him earlier... LARRY MARMIE It's great. It feels great. Guys were knocking down shots. It wasn't just the passers - the guys had... DEDRICK FINN We're certainly in position to be a good defensive football team, ... Offensively, we have to be bet... JOE PATERNO Obviously, he made a heck of a play. But all I know is when we got to the sidelines the coaches were... RENALDO WYNN We finished the game with everybody out there. That wasn't a big deal. Everyone came out of there. W... DUANE STARKS I'll give them a lot of credit, they did have tenacity, but our big problem, we were uptight all nig... MIKE PROVENZANO Their heads were down when we were making big shots and big plays. We had them on their heels and we... CHARLES RICHARDSON These guys never give up and that's what it's all about. We aren't happy with a 14th-place finish-- ... DOUG RANDOLPH We did a good job of getting in the passing lanes and made some big plays. JEFF BOOGART We came up with some big plays and those fumbles really hurt them early. CHARLIE MCFALL The young guys stepped up. Josh Smith made two big shots. He missed a couple and then he stepped up ... MIKE WOODSON We some opportunities in the first half, but missed a couple of passes and dropped a couple. We went... LARRY SANDY We got going and came out really strong in the first half, and thats what we needed to do. But once ... EVA LANG It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid ... JOHNNY DAMON Down the stretch we came up with some big plays. Just not enough of them. JASON FLOETKE It was really a great game between two great teams and it's too bad anybody had to lose. We both put... JARRETT HICKS They got in some pretty big plays. I thought we were stout in getting them into third down and in se... EVAN BENJAMIN It's great to be back - I missed it. It was just day three for me, and we're getting better. Ben is ... HINES WARD They are the best team fundamentally we have faced this year. They will test us in every phase of th... SKIP HOLTZ We had some big special team blunders. We can't give teams points. If we executed on those plays, th... MARK WELCH We made big plays when we needed to make big plays, maybe not the way we drew it up but as long as y... DREW BREES We played a good game against a good team, but there are no moral victories. We have to keep getting... JEFF ZICKAFOOSE We said last year the Giants were coming up with position guys who are respectable big-league prospe... FELIPE ALOU A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. ALBERT EINSTEIN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND (Thompson) is a heck of a player. Their big-time player made the plays, and we didn't have enough of... DAVE BEZOLD We have made a few more plays this year but we've also left some out there so there's work to be don... BRIAN FINNERAN We missed a lot of tackles, and to beat a team like that you have to do a better job of tackling. JEFF WHITE UIS made some big shots. We had some turnovers that really hurt us were self-inflicted. Those were b... HARRY STATHAM Monty and I have both put pressure on ourselves to be the best we can be. But those guys are legends... CHAD BROWN Strange things happen when you think things are at their worst. I thought Gary (Payton) did a great ... PAT RILEY We made a couple of big runs in the second half. But every run was finished with a bad thing. We mis... JINA DERUBBO It's amazing when you're playing consistently and not giving up big plays, the perception is now all... BRENT VENABLES We have given up more points, 68 and 71 in back-to-back games, than we had all year. We have to play... BEN BORRIES We don't match up very well with North Chicago because of their size, so we needed to do the little ... DON ZEMAN We got off to a bad start. We had some match up problems that really hurt us. I thought we would do ... JAKE PALLUZZI A lot of big plays happened when things broke down, ... The linemen picked up their blocks and guys ... CHRIS COOLEY that there are many things that we cant understand. the past. the bad things that happened... and we... NAFISA HAJI We've been coming together a little bit better as a group. Things came easy for us early and we didn... KIRK KACZOR We've got to get this fixed. We have to put the fire out. Every team has got a big play on us every ... CORNELIUS GRIFFIN She just continues to come up with big hits. But we got lucky and gutted it out. We had a lot of pla... DICK MANDELLA We had some miscommunication on their first goal but other than that I thought we made some plays bu... RALPH RUSSO Their offensive line was as good as everybody said, ... They were big up front and were opening up h... J. NICHOLSON You have to make plays if you want to win, especially against a quality team like Wyoming. Down the ... CONNIE YORI I'm just trying to find ways to get all our guys involved and pick up a win - it doesn't matter if I... BRANDON EVANS We are still getting better. We are becoming a good team and it is good to see that...We need to app... LEBRON JAMES What I like about this team is that they never give up. We are not big at the net and we need anothe... LAURA WILLIAMS I can't tell my guys not to give up bonus points against the likes of Mike Long. We had some inexper... DEAN COX We had a lot of guys make some big plays. DAN CAGE Could it be possible for humanity to put their differences aside for the survival of our species, un... GARY F EVANS... You either have the feeling or you don’t. DANIEL HANDLER I thought we played pretty well last week, but we gave up big plays. That's my big fear here. We're ... DONNIE HARRIS We didn't prepare the way we should have. It's more individual preparation, what guys need to do on ... MARC STAAL We like what he's done to this offense. We always had that little short yardage passing game and we ... FRANK MIDDLETON
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MARK TWAIN It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. MARK TWAIN The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become. MARK TWAIN The lack of money is the root of all evil. MARK TWAIN Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. MARK TWAIN When Facebook was getting started, nothing used real identity - everything was anonymous or pseudony... MARK ZUCKERBERG Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled. MARK TWAIN Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. MARK TWAIN Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired. MARK TWAIN Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. MARK TWAIN My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But mos... MARK WARNER There are lies, damned lies and statistics. MARK TWAIN Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. MARK TWAIN Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside... MARK TWAIN Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. MARK TWAIN The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. MARK TWAIN Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. MARK TWAIN I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping. MARK TWAIN The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. MARK TWAIN All generalizations are false, including this one. MARK TWAIN 'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. MARK TWAIN I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day. MARK ZUCKERBERG The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a ba... MARK TWAIN The secret of getting ahead is getting started. 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MARK TWAIN The teacher reminded us that Romes liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly... MARK TWAIN By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfec... MARK TWAIN So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment. MARK TWAIN The people of those foreign countries are very, very ignorant. They looked curiously at the costumes... MARK TWAIN We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in itand stop there; lest w... MARK TWAIN The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large mattertis the diff... MARK TWAIN Say the report is exaggerated. MARK TWAIN A jay hasnt got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will ... MARK TWAIN To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. MARK TWAIN I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than ... MARK TWAIN A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle; ...they squabble and scold and fight; t... MARK TWAIN Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the st... MARK TWAIN Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born --a hundred mi... MARK TWAIN Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to... MARK TWAIN We never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead -- and not then ... MARK TWAIN Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. MARK TWAIN All say, How hard it is that we have to die -- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people... 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