Ashnikko (Ashton Nicole Casey) Quotes
I really enjoy seeing people interpret it, and what meaning they find in my music. My brain is just an echo chamber of my own thoughts and most of them are crazy, so I like to hear other people's opinions. It's nice.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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Philosophy was once considered science.
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There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, 'You must read this.' I've always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America, a discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.
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I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school.
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People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
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There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.
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Permanence was always an illusion, and love was just the disguise that lovers wore to hide the death of their union from each other for a while.
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I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.
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I've been in love with Washington ever since renting my very first apartment there many years ago while working as a Senate intern.
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To me, when people say, 'Oh, you're a freak athlete,' it's bittersweet. It's a huge compliment to say, 'O.K., you have physical abilities that are kind of above and beyond.' But at the same time, I feel like it diminishes the mental side of the game.
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Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration.
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I've always been interested in what passes for what we call religion, what other cultures call their spiritual life.
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I'm a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it's always stayed with me.
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I'd got to that age when I was out on a date with a guy and I would be thinking: Don't mention your age, don't mention that you want a child - because they would just run out the door.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own voice. But no matter what, get out and play for people. Get out and learn, and do everything that you can, you know?
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For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.
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I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.
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I really enjoy seeing people interpret it, and what meaning they find in my music. My brain is just an echo chamber of my own thoughts and most of them are crazy, so I like to hear other people's opinions. It's nice.
