- Nov 07, 2020
Down Quotes
Working the count, and watching things slip.
This page uses "down" across very different contexts — a baseball strategy built on working the count against a hitter's expectations, and a theory of absurdist humor rooted deep in the subconscious. For lighter, forward-looking sayings, try Downside quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only focus after I start the putter away from the ball is keeping the back of my left wrist as fat as possible from start to finish. This is critical to keeping the putterhead and ball moving straight down the target line after impact. It's also how Rory Mcllroy squares his putterface, and obviously it works for him.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.
- Nov 07, 2020
Let's shut down the EPA.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started off in radio, then made little films for Granada. I applied for a job at 'Weekend World,' and they turned me down; I'd also applied to the Foreign Office, which accepted me.
- Obedience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's little that's subtle about Hardus Viljoen - he's a broad-chested, broad-shouldered fast bowler, who simply trundles up to the wicket and hurls it down as fast as possible.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Archer has a loose-limbed approach in a run-up that is not very long. He gets into a good position at the crease and releases the ball late from a very high action. He snaps the ball down at genuine pace. He has rhythm to his bowling.
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020