Ashton Eaton Quotes
From the time I started the decathlon, I've loved the event. I didn't know why. I still don't know why.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
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Univision's close-to-50-year relationship with Hispanics makes us one of the leading media brands in this country and the gateway to connect with this consumer.
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I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film.
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I'm desperate to start a career in music.
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From the time I started the decathlon, I've loved the event. I didn't know why. I still don't know why.
