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Johnny Damon

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We were close but not quite good enough.
DERRIKE COPE That was close to being foul. I didn't mean for it to be that close, but it was good enough.
KYLE HUDSON Coco Crisp is not Johnny Damon.
THEO EPSTEIN Johnny was certainly the face of that ball club. They have a lot of great players, but Johnny Damon ...
JOE TORRE If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.
ROBERT CAPA I don't know about Johnny Damon still. He has to prove himself just like everybody else.
VIRGINIA GRAHAM If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.
ROBERT CAPA Obviously I was disappointed the City Council didn't enact (the El Paso ordinance). We came close. W...
DR. ROBERT VOGEL It came close, but the levees are holding,
BOB TURNER But he'll be close enough to walk home.
ANTONIO TARVER I'm really hoping that Johnny Damon shows up and is really healthy,
TERRY FRANCONA Johnny Damon said. ''It's going to be pretty interesting when he does.
MANNY RAMIREZ It was just as close to Castleberry as it was to W.S. Neal and Castleberry had a very good basketbal...
JEFF WILSON We keep coming close. We came close at Indiana, we came close at Illinois. We have to get past this ...
COURTNEY SIMS We're close, but as you can see, we're not close enough. It's frustrating, but we just have to keep ...
ERIC JONES This is like Johnny Damon leaving the Red Sox - except Arnold isn't the Yankees.
PHIL SINGER I can feel it happening. I (could) tell after I lost in the French Open to Mary Pierce. She had an u...
PATTY SCHNYDER Everyday isnt good, but there is something good in every day.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN If they can’t get close enough to hurt you, they can’t get close enough to love you.
NEIL GAIMAN Coco Crisp is not Johnny Damon. He's his own player. He brings his own strengths.
THEO EPSTEIN I think the main [track] will help him just being able to close. Maybe [he's] not good enough, but I...
BRUCE LEVINE Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
JOHN C. MAXWELL Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
JOHN MAXWELL I think it was close enough to call the pitch.
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without bei...
ED MCMAHON It's just close enough to the city but no-one ever goes there,
RICHARD ARCHER (Brad) kept the attack on. He is recovering from being ill and our plan was to do what you have to d...
LEE WEBER I've never done a teen movie before, but I certainly could tell you some of the ones I came very...
MIA KIRSHNER I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.
KRISTIN LEHMAN Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK He said he heard the helicopters, but he didn't feel they were close enough.
CINDY DODDS I drove nicely, but just couldn't hit the irons close enough. I wasn't really on either. Struggled b...
HENRIK STENSON If you're going to pick somebody, I don't think you could have picked a better person to follow Bern...
JOE TORRE They never came close to finding the still.
CHUCK WILLIAMS I actually thought it was closer than that. It was close enough.
DARIO FRANCHITTI There's not a man in here who doesn't realize Johnny Damon makes us go. He's very important to us.
GABE KAPLER It shouldn't have been that close. But we had been losing those close games, so it was a good to win...
AL MCCULLOCK A: I like your apartment.
B: It's nice, but it's only big enough for one person – or two peop...
ANDY WARHOL It's close to even. It's unfortunate I got hurt, but that's the way it goes. I came back in and trie...
SASCHA HANSEN We came very close to winning a sectional title.
CHANCE VANGUNDY I don't have any hesitation in what to expect from Johnny Damon. I sense that he's not going to have...
JOE TORRE We should have fresh legs for the sectional and that will be good. I was pleased that we came so clo...
IAN BATTLES I have lived with him up close and have seen nothing but good from him.
AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS We had a couple of lapses and they made it close at the end, but it's good to have a win again. When...
JOHN MCCULLOUGH It was good to close that one out, it was only getting tougher,
ANDRE AGASSI Maybe so, but the last couple of years have been close games that they could've won. We're not good ...
GENE CATHCART We came close, we just couldn't get over the hump.
JAY CARLIN I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few...
CALISTA FLOCKHART The momentum is not there. I hit a lot of good shots, but my good shots don't get close.
ANNIKA SORENSTAM I thought we had enough scrapping points to keep us in the game. They got a lot too, but we got enou...
GREG MORGAN Your frienemies stand close enough for you to see them but stand back just enough not to catch you i...
TROY GATHERS It's good to win close games. You learn from close games. I think it's good to learn from them right...
DEREK COLEMAN I think we came out of the box good. Not great, but good enough.
GARY CAPALDI Everybody looks a little crazy if you're looking close enough and if you can't look that close, then...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Definitely my iron play. I haven't been hitting the ball close for a while and this week I've been h...
DUFFY WALDORF Even three years later I don't think anybody except those very close to the day-to-day operation of ...
HERVEY DAVIS Oh yeah, I think he's very close. Whether it's full (throttle), I don't know, but it's very, very cl...
BILL COWHER I think we?re pretty close. It looks very good.
CRAIG STEVENSON I did a push-up today. Well actually I fell down, but I had to use my arms to get back up, so close ...
ANONYMOUS I thought I had a real chance at a low score after eagle-birdie, but I never did quite get it close ...
GIL MORGAN Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you.
CHUCK CLOSE Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.
GLENN CLOSE I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.
GLENN CLOSE A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it...
CHUCK CLOSE It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many tr...
GLENN CLOSE I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
CHUCK CLOSE The world is a slightly better place for having improvisation in it than it was before. There's ...
DEL CLOSE In the 7th grade, I made a 20-foot long mural of the Lewis and Clark Trail while we were studying th...
CHUCK CLOSE Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.
CHUCK CLOSE I think love is blind. I hate to use that cliched statement, but people, when they love somebody, th...
ERIC CLOSE There's something about a catharsis that is very important.
GLENN CLOSE I don't care about the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim isn't involved in anything that I am inter...
CHUCK CLOSE You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting i...
CHUCK CLOSE The kind of improv that I'm particularly addicted to is the kind that... aims at creating a mome...
DEL CLOSE Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process t...
CHUCK CLOSE You never want to be the first one of your friends to get married. If you are, just resign yourself ...
JENNIFER CLOSE We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by ...
GLENN CLOSE I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.
GLENN CLOSE I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcem...
GLENN CLOSE There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There...
CHUCK CLOSE I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled...
CHUCK CLOSE I'm always trying to look for different roles.
ERIC CLOSE Of course there are all the negative reviews, which also are incredibly important. Hilton Kramer hat...
CHUCK CLOSE I have no intention of flattering people. I like wrinkles and crow's feet and flaws, and somebod...
CHUCK CLOSE I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have fac...
CHUCK CLOSE There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist ...
CHUCK CLOSE A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It'...
CHUCK CLOSE Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul....
GLENN CLOSE Very few people have written about what a work really looks like, especially once there were photogr...
CHUCK CLOSE My mother was a piano teacher, my father an inventor. He invented the reflective paint they still us...
CHUCK CLOSE I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.
CHUCK CLOSE We knew coming in that one of the keys would be pressure. I just took that to the fullest.
MANDY CLOSE Europe often seems sort of overly concerned with the weight of history and stuff. We don't have much...
CHUCK CLOSE I'm surprised he doesn't get more recognition nationwide. He's a much better 3-point shooter than he...
GARY CLOSE I love sculpture, and minimal sculpture is really my favorite stuff, but I wasn't very good at it, a...
CHUCK CLOSE I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.
CHUCK CLOSE It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it c...
CHUCK CLOSE Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.
CHUCK CLOSE Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not lia...
CHUCK CLOSE

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We are definitely bridging the gap, ... It could get ugly.
JOHNNY DAMON It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid ...
JOHNNY DAMON We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at...
JOHNNY DAMON You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. Well, ...
JOHNNY DAMON It was just one of those bad days at the ballpark,
JOHNNY DAMON This place has been very good to our team. A bunch of our fans cannot get tickets in Boston. For the...
JOHNNY DAMON So there's not much comfort right now. We know we have to go play good baseball or we know our seaso...
JOHNNY DAMON I am finally healthy, I can honestly say that now, ... My shoulder's not bothering me. So now I'm no...
JOHNNY DAMON All the magic and all the accolades that we got from last year are, all of a sudden, gone, ... I kno...
JOHNNY DAMON Dale takes a lot of abuse, mainly because he's got guys that can't run on this team. He's in a tough...
JOHNNY DAMON The guy's been amazing for them. He's a competitor. He wants the ball. He knows how to get the job d...
JOHNNY DAMON It was a weird night. We could have been written off. Now we've got to go out and win some ballgames...
JOHNNY DAMON I know what's going on in Boston. I know fans are upset and I'm sorry.
JOHNNY DAMON There was a mystery team that was offering more years and more guaranteed money, but they could not ...
JOHNNY DAMON This team really wanted me. I'm going to go out there and run through walls for them, and hit and sc...
JOHNNY DAMON I definitely think he's getting better. He's throwing 95 at times and throwing more pitches every ou...
JOHNNY DAMON This is Boston, ... You're going to have roller coasters. We need to climb to the top.
JOHNNY DAMON I'm looking for five plus (years). And I'm looking for a lot (of money).
JOHNNY DAMON I know we'll have this game in the back of our minds for the rest of our lives. It might just be as ...
JOHNNY DAMON Sad to say bye to some of the greatest fans in the world.
JOHNNY DAMON I was thinking about cutting my hair right after the season. I knew if I came here it would be a big...
JOHNNY DAMON George Steinbrenner has that policy for a reason, and you have to respect that.
JOHNNY DAMON It was just one of those bad days at the ballpark. With the Yankees losing, we can somewhat go out t...
JOHNNY DAMON It's pretty magical. The fact is, you go out there and play hard and the fans always respect that, t...
JOHNNY DAMON Missing 75 games or whatever, that's half a season your team, if you're a quality player, your team'...
JOHNNY DAMON I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.
JOHNNY DAMON We are just "the idiots" this year.
JOHNNY DAMON And just stupid things the whole year, ... Both shoulders, I had the elbow, a bunch of stupid things...
JOHNNY DAMON He's the best pitcher in the American League, period. Fortunately, he didn't have his A game. That s...
JOHNNY DAMON The only way to get around that is go out there and win. We caught a break and definitely jumped on ...
JOHNNY DAMON Moose is going to have a big year. He has many arm angles and he knows how to spot his pitches. He j...
JOHNNY DAMON We really didn't have a No. 1 starter all year. Or a No. 2.
JOHNNY DAMON I was starting to feel the groove again, and then I had this minor setback, ... But I'm not going to...
JOHNNY DAMON What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.
JOHNNY DAMON The guy is incredible. You just keep seeing replays and replays of that swing and wow, Curt [Schilli...
JOHNNY DAMON Seeing him a lot of times definitely helps. But he still has some overpowering stuff.
JOHNNY DAMON Derek Jeter picked up the whole team with one swing of the bat. It's definitely going to be much eas...
JOHNNY DAMON I seem to have gotten rid of that. I should be good to go. I plan to be in the field come Wednesday ...
JOHNNY DAMON I've been having a blast. Everybody on the team has been great to me. I haven't changed anything, I'...
JOHNNY DAMON [Johnny Damon , the Red Sox' center fielder who is in the final year of his contract, said he and hi...
JOHNNY DAMON [Could Johnny Damon envision himself in Yankees pinstripes?] I know what I mean to the Red Sox, and ...
JOHNNY DAMON First of all, what do you guys think about this? Obviously, keep on snapping away.
JOHNNY DAMON It's very important to be a part of a team, and I've always been able to mix well with every team I'...
JOHNNY DAMON He's the best hitter in the game when it counts. The best clutch hitter I've ever seen.
JOHNNY DAMON There's not many teams who fail to pursue their most popular player or one of their better players. ...
JOHNNY DAMON We were shown all the scenarios after the game and we were kind of in awe. A lot of guys thought it ...
JOHNNY DAMON They weren't intimidated by our lead. They went out and put some runs on the board. This is going to...
JOHNNY DAMON You know they're booing a uniform now. They don't boo bad players. They boo good players.
JOHNNY DAMON I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.
JOHNNY DAMON Schill is incredible. He knows how to hit his spots. He looked like he had more hop in his step. He ...
JOHNNY DAMON I know this is the greatest moment in my baseball career. We're world champions now. This is a dream...
JOHNNY DAMON We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we dec...
JOHNNY DAMON I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time.
JOHNNY DAMON But we don't think. If we use our brains, we're only hurting the team.
JOHNNY DAMON We had opportunities; we just couldn't capitalize. That's the most aggravating thing about this game...
JOHNNY DAMON Derek is so talented, you know that over the course of a game, he's going to do something dramatic. ...
JOHNNY DAMON He can set you up with a changeup, then throw an 88-mph fastball by you.
JOHNNY DAMON He loved the Big Apple. He loved the spotlight as a Yankee. And now he loves to beat 'em.
JOHNNY DAMON At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young tal...
JOHNNY DAMON Schilling is one game. It will be nice to get him back. But I also think we have some pretty good gu...
JOHNNY DAMON He breaks a lot of my at-bats. Maybe I ought to send him a bill.
JOHNNY DAMON We're three games up,
JOHNNY DAMON I'm not sure when it's going to be feeling good, ... I know what my job is, though. ... I'll just ke...
JOHNNY DAMON (Red Sox) fans are going to be upset. I hope they remember the great World Series and the three out ...
JOHNNY DAMON You know, a lot of people say they didn't want to die until the Red Sox won the World Series. We...
JOHNNY DAMON I would be jacked up. But I'd be worried about that high, tight pitch.
JOHNNY DAMON It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
MATT DAMON You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year.
DAMON RUNYON That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offere...
MATT DAMON Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.
MATT DAMON Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing peopl...
MATT DAMON The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more w...
DAMON HILL Almost overnight, white people have gone from being very powerful to potentially irrelevant. Their f...
DAMON GALGUT I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
DAMON GALGUT I try to get going early, on the assumption that the way you begin your day is the way you continue....
DAMON GALGUT Rian Malan was one of the first younger writers to perceive and write about a darkness in the South ...
DAMON GALGUT I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of ...
DAMON GALGUT 'Arctic Summer,' as you might know, is the title of Forster's one unfinished novel.
DAMON GALGUT India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
DAMON GALGUT I've been wanting to write a book about what goes into creating a novel, and the story behind &#...
DAMON GALGUT I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
DAMON GALGUT Being gay immediately placed me outside the values of the society I was growing up in. Apartheid was...
DAMON GALGUT Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be co...
DAMON GALGUT I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.
DAMON GALGUT South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitte...
DAMON GALGUT Most writers battle with periods of being blocked; it's almost an occupational hazard. But in th...
DAMON GALGUT I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw yo...
DAMON GALGUT I wrote large chunks of 'The Impostor' and 'The Good Doctor' on a beach in Goa.
DAMON GALGUT Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequence...
DAMON GALGUT Traveling is one of few zones of experience where you are not directly plugged into the world around...
DAMON GALGUT Any radical change or trauma always makes for interesting subject matter, but then all stories deal,...
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DAMON WAYANS My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
DAMON WAYANS And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.
DAMON WAYANS Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
DAMON WAYANS I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
DAMON WAYANS We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.
DAMON WAYANS The show has become my therapy.
DAMON WAYANS The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.
DAMON WAYANS And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
DAMON WAYANS My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
DAMON WAYANS My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.
DAMON WAYANS This town was built on nepotism.
DAMON WAYANS Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot l...
DAMON WAYANS Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself.
DAMON WAYANS The interpretive element of 'Lost' - the fact that you immediately need, as soon as the epis...
DAMON LINDELOF I believe that this idea of story or myth or this thing that Joseph Campbell writes about is sort of...
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DAMON LINDELOF The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.
DAMON LINDELOF I always remember liking school.
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DAMON LINDELOF I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher'...
DAMON LINDELOF I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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DAMON LINDELOF Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.
DAMON LINDELOF My gravestone will say, 'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He?'
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DAMON LINDELOF When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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DAMON LINDELOF All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.
DAMON LINDELOF I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher prob...
DAMON LINDELOF As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what any...
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DAMON LINDELOF I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in.
DAMON LINDELOF We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
DAMON LINDELOF There is no suspense in inevitability.
DAMON LINDELOF As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly e...
DAMON KNIGHT Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
DAMON KNIGHT You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and a...
DAMON KNIGHT There are 36 ways to tell this story. And all of them are disgusting.
DAMON KNIGHT One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to w...
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DAMON HILL If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical o...
DAMON HILL I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at...
DAMON HILL If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my car...
DAMON HILL Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we co...
DAMON HILL I am not allowing myself to get carried away.
DAMON HILL I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of thi...
DAMON HILL Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people ...
DAMON HILL Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals ...
DAMON HILL People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable...
DAMON HILL I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it ...
DAMON HILL I have always liked a challenge.
DAMON HILL The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and...
DAMON HILL I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. ...
DAMON HILL If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pu...
DAMON HILL There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that yo...
DAMON HILL Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record strai...
DAMON HILL The sport would not survive today if drivers were being killed at the rate they were in the 1960s an...
DAMON HILL You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under...
DAMON HILL Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.
DAMON HILL I'm not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Those guys walk into a room and the room changes. I think t...
MATT DAMON With or without God, good decisions can be made; But only with God will great decisions be made.
DAMON THUESON If you can't spot the sucker in the first half an hour at the table, then you are the sucker.
MATT DAMON Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that'...
MATT DAMON I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.
DAMON RUNYON The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet.
DAMON RUNYON The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet it.
DAMON RUNYON Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's ni...
MATT DAMON Something in a writer's brain needs to watch everything with a detached, amoral eye.
DAMON GALGUT I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that...
DAMON LINDELOF If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home lear...
MATT DAMON I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as i...
MATT DAMON Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world.
DAMON ALBARN My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.
MATT DAMON It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding beh...
DAMON ALBARN I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was g...
DAMON RUNYON For the first time in his life he understood why the Bible called sex "knowing". Everything was diff...
DAMON SUEDE Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect t...
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MATT DAMON I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday morning...
DAMON GALGUT It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.
DAMON HILL I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it...
MATT DAMON I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research b...
MATT DAMON If your heart is broken, do you have a phantom heart?
DAMON SUEDE I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many yea...
MATT DAMON I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm...
MATT DAMON Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an ol...
DAMON GALGUT Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that...
MATT DAMON Trust, but verify.
DAMON RUNYAN You've got to give it up to Evanston. They went into their trap and we stopped attacking and we play...
DAMON ARTERY We thought (Scottsbluff) was getting used to the zone and we thought we could pressure their guards ...
DAMON ARTERY I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head o...
DAMON ARTERY We came out with a lot of energy in the third quarter and got a lot of buckets off our defense. J.B....
DAMON ARTERY That's what we needed. We have to get stops to run the floor. They did a good job of controlling the...
DAMON ARTERY He really takes pride in that. He's quick and he loves to play defense. There were a couple of point...
DAMON ARTERY He called me and said he loved me. I just lost it.
DAMON ARCHIBALD I've seen everyone on our staff shed some tears. We loved Ames and loved the people here.
DAMON ARCHIBALD