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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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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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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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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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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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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I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.
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I really don't have a favorite meal. I eat anything.
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If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
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I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.
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Every day, turn off your phone/email for some part of the day.
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I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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After a long time, I cleared my throat. “So anyway, when we get to Nevada...I think we should rethink your dad’s rule.” Alex glanced down at me and smiled – the first real smile I’d seen on his face in a long time. “You know what? It’s already been rethought and completely ditched,” he said. And he wrapped his arms around me and we stood looking up at the mountains, with the rising rays of the sun lighting them from the east.
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Everybody loved me running for president in '91 and '92 because they never knew a presidential candidate before.
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We should be able to support our own economy within our own borders.
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We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.
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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.
