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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My agent in Sweden used to send off interview tapes but I decided to take it upon myself and come to London to visit casting directors which is when things first started taking off for me. I love Sweden but the industry out here is quite small so when I was given the chance to go internationally I took it.
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I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.
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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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Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
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For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed.
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I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
