Ashton Eaton Quotes
When I was growing up, I used to watch 'Power Rangers' and 'Ninja Turtles.' It seemed like every movie had someone doing martial arts in it, so I would go around punching and kicking trees.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.
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The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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I shop more than most women.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
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For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
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I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.
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By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.
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You're always in a tunnel that you can't see the end of. But there's something that took place on this movie that I don't think we expected and that was that once we decided that the entire cast would be real retired opera singers and retired musicians... and these people the phone hadn't rung for them for 20 or 40 years even though they can deliver.
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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
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When I was growing up, I used to watch 'Power Rangers' and 'Ninja Turtles.' It seemed like every movie had someone doing martial arts in it, so I would go around punching and kicking trees.
