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"Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper."
Bjork
"Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper."
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"I'm on the cover of the lingerie football swimsuit calendar this year."
Trishelle Cannatella
"I'm on the cover of the lingerie football swimsuit calendar this year."
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"In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!"
Parminder Nagra
"In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!"
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"We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world."
Rachel Griffiths
"We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world."
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"Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit."
Graham Roberts
"Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit."
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"Football is what keeps me going, what makes me prosper, and what will keep me straight."
William Green
"Football is what keeps me going, what makes me prosper, and what will keep me straight."
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"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys."
Catherine Bell
"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys."
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"There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer."
Tom Wopat
"There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer."
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"As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins."
Jack K. Cooke
"As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins."
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"Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him."
John Turturro
"Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him."
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"I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage."
Esther Williams
"I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage."
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"Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football."
Burt Bacharach
"Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football."
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"I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for."
Paul Tagliabue
"I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for."
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"I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say."
Andy Partridge
"I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say."
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"I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic."
Steve McManaman
"I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic."
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"Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts."
Jay Mohr
"Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts."
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"I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball."
Fred Frith
"I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball."
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"I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession."
Julie Harris
"I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession."
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"But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football."
Al Michaels
"But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football."
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"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout."
Hugh Dancy
"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout."
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"I'm more akin to football than I think anything else because that's what I played in high school."
Bobby Sherman
"I'm more akin to football than I think anything else because that's what I played in high school."
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"Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets."
Jimmy Breslin
"Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets."
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"But my biggest passion is football."
Greg Akcelrod
"But my biggest passion is football."
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"I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please."
Samuel Barber
"I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please."
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"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."
Garth Brooks
"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."
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"Football players win football games."
Chuck Knox
"Football players win football games."
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"Trying to take the credit for Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, who had been at the club since they were eight. Can you believe it? I can't."
Ian St. John
"Trying to take the credit for Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, who had been at the club since they were eight. Can you believe it? I can't."
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"Football kicks you in the teeth."
Dave Jones
"Football kicks you in the teeth."
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"This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died."
Joe Theismann
"This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died."
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