Ashton Eaton Quotes
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.
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I want to remind you today that the greatest Artist of all time created you. He dreamed about you long before you were born, before a single brushstroke of your life took place.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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Never tell the box-office man that you can't hear well or he will sell you a seat where you can't see either.
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And I will love you, baby - Always
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I'm so tired of pretending my life isn't perfect and bitching and just winning every second.
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It is knowledge that influences and equalises the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
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There is some information that an actor doesn't need, and that's okay. I can't control everything. I don't want to control everything. Sometimes, you want to control everything, and you want to know the size of the lens and stuff like that. I am so relaxed as an actor because I don't want to control everything. I just want to control my part.
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We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we're not careful, it'll overtake us, and we'll self-destruct.
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For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general... just bored with it.
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There is no schedule in the film industry. It's not like you have a 9 to 5 job every day.
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I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and that paid for tuition for school. I moved to a bigger town, Louisville. I did it for a year. I had to work the graveyard shift. And then you get off at eight for classes, so that sucked. Then I dropped out.
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What's amazing is that I'm recognized all over the world through 'Red Dwarf.' British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star!
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Hey, don't knock Judy Blume. Without her, my younger self would never have been able to decode the random acts of madness perpetrated by the fascinating creature known as the teenage girl.
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I've never been in prison. I've been in jail a lot. But I've never actually been sentenced to anything.
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I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.
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Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.
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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
