- Me
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never turned down a mother role.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, you're like a toilet seat: you're up one day and down the next.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our father never had to yell at us much when we were growing up. No one ever wanted to let Dad down.
- Service
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base - then it was time to give back and go into public service.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler.
- Nov 07, 2020
When they take away some of our main guys, I just find myself open sometimes and knock down shots.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes the songs just come to me. I don't sit down to write like you'd sit down to make a pair of boots.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
God's revelation has always been in deeds. God's interventions in history have always been in deeds, in actions. Then there are those who interpret the actions, and then there are those who write down the interpretations of the actions.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I saw 'Chess' in London, I thought it was horrible. It was so static. People were coming down front and just facing the audience, singing.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020