Ashton Eaton Quotes
It would be fantastic to spend your whole life trying to pursue something and then finally, at the last moment, you achieve it. You know, instead of getting it in the middle of the pursuit and spending the second half giving it meaning.
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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I've seen most of the major, important shows, but I watch them all at once, like movies, so my TV relationships are still with shows like 'Law And Order: SVU,' 'Shark Tank,' and HGTV.
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I always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time.
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They were beginning to burn churches. They were beginning to move beyond crosses... They burned churches because they understood that the Christian faith was what inspired the movement and kept it going.
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The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.
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Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.
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It would be fantastic to spend your whole life trying to pursue something and then finally, at the last moment, you achieve it. You know, instead of getting it in the middle of the pursuit and spending the second half giving it meaning.
