Matthew Ashford Quotes
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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I have to satisfy my audience.
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I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really not interested in Ashton Kutcher's daily walks. Not for me.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.
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The fact that we're living in a country where 90 percent of the people want further gun laws - to maybe somehow put a dent in some of this insanity that's happening - and yet there's no further legislation taking place, it's very frustrating and upsetting.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.
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Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
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People don't know how to behave in public anymore.
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I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.
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There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.
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I trust and use RakEM for my private messages and calls. Other messengers collected metadata about who I messaged, when and where - RakEM does not collect metadata, encrypts local files, and uses the strongest end-to-end encryption around.
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Business runs hot and cold so the more you're in charge of your own destiny, the better off you are.
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Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs.
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Every time I crash the Internet, it's like this little drop of truth. Every time I say something that's extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet. So what are we getting all of the rest of the time?
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There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.'
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I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts.
