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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
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.
- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself. And that's kind of what happened with me - I realized, in a few places, I was going down the wrong path.
- Gone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gone down several paths. I started school as an engineer, but underneath it all, I knew I wanted to use instruments, not build them.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like humans, when you're faced with decisions, you can go up and down: duality.
- Big Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's good to have different ways to break opponents down, and speed is a big part of my game.
- Back
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I went through my rebellious phase, not in my teenage years, but around age 12. The year I decided I didn't want to do entertainment anymore, I was discovered. And I couldn't back down from that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people switch to car-sharing from car ownership, they reduce their vehicle miles traveled by 44 percent, and thus their greenhouse gas emissions go down by, like, 40 percent.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Nike Free sneakers add a splash of color and slide on fast, perfect for when I'm rushing to catch the school bus. And my favorite cargos are skinny but stretchy, so I can go up or down a few pounds and they still fit!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020