- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
With me, I come in the ring and start thinking right away. My thought process is just to put a guy down. I'm like a technician and learn to break it all down - from head to toe.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure about English football to be honest with you. There's a lot of politics down there and I'm not sure it's just about your attributes on the park. If it was I'd still be down there.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I was at Everton, I went through a lot of up and down spells, lacking in confidence.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
On derby day it's not down to form, it's on the day, who's prepared for the game and who wants to battle.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I'll sit down at the desk and discover that what I've written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination.
- Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think about what's going down my sink. So I won't pour oil down my sink. I won't - if I'm cleaning a pan, I'll wipe it and bin because I've seen - I've been down sewers.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for restaurants and fast-food places who tip tons of oil down their drains, they are routinely encouraged to use fat traps, but enforcement is minimal. It costs money to cart away fat (although now that fat is being turned into energy, it can make money).
- Brother And Sister
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- Nov 07, 2020
My elder brother and sister were both sporty and academic, and I think, subconsciously, I knew I couldn't go down that avenue.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what it's like to get to face down my attacker in court, but I do know that they lie.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are gonna go up and down and people are gonna come in and out of this sport.
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