Ashton Eaton Quotes
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work with great directors. I don't believe in the term 'next superstar.'
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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Obviously, I'm not a singer. I don't consider myself a singer.
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The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.
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I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about.
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In any sauce you make, start with a concentration of flavors with great acidity. You then re-dilute the sauce, but the proportion of liquid you add should not be so high that you wash away the extracted flavor you're aiming to create.
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Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.
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Things don't really impress me. Memories impress me. It's not the toys, it's the people.
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
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Chicago is where the whole idea of community policing began. It remains the - the best and the most comprehensive approach we have in changing the everyday conditions that breed crime and violence - and then breed mistrust. We have more work to do. We need better training to live up to the values and the principles of community policing.
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In a democracy, you have to find a market niche, make sure a novel is 'interesting' and 'spectacular.' That may be the toughest censorship of all.
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One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film the actual campaign of Alexander crossing into India through Iran and Persia.
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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.
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Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer,And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.
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Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a modern view of the malfunction common to 14th century rulers: inability to inhibit impulse.
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You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government. And, with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.
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I'm trying to feel more well adjusted than I really am, which is, I guess, the human condition.
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We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.
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I think there certainly was a milestone in the '90s with regards to the Internet achieving critical mass. There were several magical factors that came together: the creation of HTML by Tim Berners-Lee, the drop in the price of communications, and all the PCs out there that you could put this software into.
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I thought that 'Twilight' would be a kind of girl movie, but it was cool.
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The decathlon is exclusive company.
