Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Judson Brooks, MBE JPwas a British coal miner and politician who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament. A spiritualist, his main achievement was to lead the successful campaign to repeal the Witchcraft Act 1735...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1880
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I am surprised that paper doesn't pick up the Amazon and Congo basins, regions where there is a large number of animal species with small ranges.
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We always talk about you're only as good as your last play. You have to have a short memory.
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We will contend for a playoff position, ... The guys are getting a good grasp of the new offense and the defense. We're getting real excited about the season.
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We won (last week), ... But we know we have some mistakes to correct. But the more we get reps, the better we'll get with our assignments.
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We try to do that. We have a number of athletes capable (of contributing). We don't want to be one-dimensional.
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We had some first-game jitters. The guys were as nervous at the beginning.
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The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter
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We're anxious, ... But we still have a lot of work to do and a short amount of time.
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I think we got better last week. They toughened up. That was the most physical the offensive line has played. We're not there yet, but I think we're getting there. We told them if we eliminate the mistakes, work on our technique and get better, we'll be OK.
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I think we have a little more work to do until we are like the teams they had in the 90's and 2000, ... We're still working on some things. Areas we feel we are a little weak in right now but we need to get stronger in.
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That's two games in a row. Maybe we are pretty good on defense.
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I think there are a lot of good-hearted people in our community who can lend a helping hand to those people. I would definitely open my home to those who needed somewhere to stay,
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It always feels good to win, but we have to work hard and keep getting better. That's our focus for the next game.
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We talked about playing the whole four quarters. They got a little down being behind 10-0 at halftime, but they wanted it. The defense kept us in the game until the offense started clicking.