Ashton Eaton Quotes
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.
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I love going to second-hand stores.
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Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.
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Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.
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I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg.
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The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does.
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I like a quiet life.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
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I think about my dwindling anonymity, and that's really scary because a very large part of me would be perfectly happy living on a ranch in Colorado and having babies and chickens and horses – which I will do anyway.
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What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly the myths, which emanated from all cultures, had a huge influence on the development of the modern fairy tale.
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There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
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Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things.
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I'm a crier - let me know if you need some tips. I could cry every day, in a good way.
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Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.
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By community I mean that community you have a special vision for, that only you see, that no one else in a room sees. That special community in pain, that through a pain you've suffered, you're able to have that vision, that super-ray vision.
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Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you're happy and believe in yourself.
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The ways in which we are similar are far more numerous than the ways in which we are different.
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When you're doing any event on an elite level, you're in tune with your body.
