- Than
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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
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
The traveller who aspires to reach the highlands of Tibet from Kashmir cannot be borne along in a carriage or hill-cart. For much of the way, he is limited to a foot pace, and if he has regard to his horse, he walks down all rugged and steep descents, which are many, and dismounts at most bridges.
- Great Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
The plantations in the Hilo district enjoy special advantages, for by turning some of the innumerable mountain streams into flumes, the owners can bring a great part of their cane and all their wood for fuel down to the mills without other expense than the original cost of the woodwork.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was living down in this awful little redneck town in Oregon, and everyone else was living in Seattle, so we rented a house in Portland, between the two.
- Desert
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- Nov 07, 2020
The craziest place I've probably ever visited while filming would have to be Jordan. I did a small test shoot for a test movie. We arrived in Jordan, and we stayed in Amman for a night. Then we drove down for three hours into the middle of the Wadi Rum Desert, which is in the absolute middle of nowhere. It was insane.
- Goes
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- Nov 07, 2020
What goes up must come down.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's how cricket should be broadcast. Ball-by-ball calling is important but you've got to be lighthearted like you're down the pub with your mates.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have much knowledge about Indian culture, but I try to keep a tab of what's happening down here.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left Edinburgh to follow the London punk scene in 1978, singing and playing guitar in various bands. My income was sporadic, so I did anything to eke out some kind of subsistence - laying down slabs, working as a kitchen porter.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even a good batsman requires a year or so in test cricket to settle down and play long innings.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I imagine how hard it might be to walk down the runway. Me in heels is, like, deforesting the forest, knocking trees, completely 'timber!'
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020