- Prison
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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
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, that's what it comes down to with Mitt Romney. He's running as the non-Barack Obama.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll just be sitting down having dinner with girlfriends or something and people come up and ruin the dinner.
- Calm
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great things about writing middle-grade books is that it's really a nice break, when you're writing super intense stuff like 'Coldtown', to be able to write something a little lighter - calm down and do something different.
- Cow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote a book called 'Doll Bones', which was another middle-grade book, and when I was writing it, I needed a place in the U.S. that made bone china. And there are only two places in the U.S. that make bone china. They made it by grinding down actual cow bones. It was a plot point. It was a creepy doll book.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is seriously down to earth.
- Colored
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the canvass in the State of Mississippi, I traveled into different parts of that state, and this is the doctrine that I everywhere uttered: that while I was in favor of building up the colored race, I was not in favor of tearing down the white race.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people draw a line between music videos and short films, looking down on music videos as a format, but there's so much potential in music videos.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020