And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.


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I was a rookie at this. I had never been to an auction in my life.
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My first impression is it sounds more like a contract dispute than an antitrust case.
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I think that was my rookie year. We won by a field goal. Yeah, I remember that game a lot.
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I'm a new rookie. When you're a rookie, you start all over and you have that excitement and energy.
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There is nothing in my Newcastle contract about not playing for Peru.
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It just happens. It's part of being a rookie.
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It's a little bit odd. I've got the yellow (rookie) stripes on the back of my car.
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I have never broken a contract in my career.
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I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.
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TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.
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There is a clause in my contract to this effect.
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What usually comes first is the contract.
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With my contract situation and the team moving in a new direction, it was pretty much a done deal.
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Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.
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That depends ... am I in the final year of my contract?
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My agents are busy with the final details of the contract.
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I have one more year on my contract so this is a big year for me,
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I've wanted to play for this team since I was a little kid. I feel like a rookie.
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No, this is no a rookie error.
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I'm not really a traditional Brier rookie.
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I'm a rookie, I don't know anything.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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I'm completely gobsmacked by the 'Rookie Blue' fans.
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You don't have a contract.
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It would be an honour for me to win rookie of the year.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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social contract for disaster
RICHARD WISEMAN
Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]'s not in my contract!"
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That was an open, unclassified contract.
IKAIKA HUSSEY
I'm going to use my 10 minutes to explain what's wrong with the contract.
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Justin's been coming along. In fact he's twice as good as I was when I was a rookie.
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It's Time For A Contract.
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Rookies tend to show off.
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I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.
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A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that ga...
DON MARQUIS
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.
DON HEROLD
If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
DON KNUTH
The USA has become government by the highest bidder because USA voters do not hold politicians accou...
DON MASHAK
If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless...
DON DELILLO
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth ...
DON ROFF
The nobler the blood the less the pride
DON MARQUIS
The future belongs to crowds
DON DELILLO
Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity
DON CUPITT
Babies are such a nice way to start people.
DON HEROLD
It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
DON HEROLD
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
DON MARQUIS
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
DON MCLEAN