Ashton Eaton Quotes
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
Nadia Comaneci -
It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
Tacitus -
Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
Vidal Sassoon -
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
Macaulay Culkin -
We look back at the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, where people screamed and hollered it's going to be too expensive, they couldn't afford it, and it wouldn't work. And it worked. It worked faster than people expected, at much less cost.
Frances Beinecke -
My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
Manolo Blahnik
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
Padmasree Warrior -
I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
Rafael Vinoly -
I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.
Beatrice Dalle -
No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.
Walton Goggins -
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
Damon Hill -
I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
Tea Leoni
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
LaToya Jackson -
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
Irwin Shaw -
Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
Barack Obama -
We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
I'm quite detached from failure and success. Once a shooting is done, I kind of close that chapter in my life.
Ranbir Kapoor -
Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.
C. P. Scott
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people's cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home, you feel impacted by not having it. It's an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
Aimee Mullins -
I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
Natasha Little -
If you don't belong somewhere, that outsider status you have gives you perspective. Of course, another word for outsider is 'exile,' and that's not fun at all.
Peter Morgan -
Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and daily. On a side note to readers, any service or craft you give your heart to will give you the same effect. Don't be afraid to work less and play more! We are human. We didn't come here to hold down a dayjob. We came here to live and learn!
Jason Mraz -
Much more wretched than lackof health inthe body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt.
Plato -
A perfect scenario would be to feel like you've just started on every event.
Ashton Eaton