- Knocked
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- 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
- Hardest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
- Nov 07, 2020
Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All of that influences me. I also try to be a fictional writer, and sometimes I get close, but the things that resonate the most with me - and with everyone else - is what's real.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was putting the 'Best of Hollywood' book together, I sat down and added up just the list of Westerns I've done, and it came to well over 200.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there was a turning point for me, it was 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri.' It is a very fine short novel. But it gave me very little satisfaction. Really. I decided I wasn't going to go down that avenue.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always liked Bernie Sanders. I've always wanted to do a Bernie Sanders impression, but I didn't believe people were familiar enough with him to pull it off. And I've gone down the rabbit hole of doing impressions that not everybody gets. It's not fun.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had dreams of being chased by a creature down an alleyway on a regular basis. I'd have dreams of being ripped apart.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a cricketer you can go under the radar. It's not like we're footballers who get papped everywhere. I can go down to the corner shop without getting hassled.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.
- Smile
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about the ukulele that just makes you smile. It makes you let your guard down. It brings out the child in all of us.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you play guitar and strum, you're using biceps and triceps to move up and down. I realized you could just turn your wrist, your forearm, using smaller muscles in your arm that are much more efficient and much quicker.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020