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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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 think I believe a little bit in the power of people to really cast a bad energy on you if they want to. If the bad mojo wants to come your way, look out.
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I really believe in melody.
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I just think a hustler's ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I'll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I'm their hero.
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My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
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The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.
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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.
