Marvin J. Ashton Quotes
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to speak out about their frustration about the polarized country that we live in politically.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.
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Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.
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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results.
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I think Edie Sedgwick comes back, too. Every five or six years, there is always something about Edie, because she was so modern and stylish and elegant and hippie-ish, all at the same time. So I think that people will always love her.
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My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer.
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Nothing was what she was; nothing was what she gave to those foolish enough to care for her. Nothing was what she deserved, and so nothing had been what she got. It didn’t matter how hard she tried or what she did.
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Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.
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Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.
