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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
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The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
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I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.
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The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation.
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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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I find it difficult to turn down an entrepreneur who's both passionate and knowledgeable about their space.
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As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems.
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I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.
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I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.
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More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
