- Must
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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
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up.
- Causing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worry about another leg down in the economies causing social disruption because deleveragings can be very painful - it depends on how they're managed.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I try to do probably doesn't come out. What I've worked out what I do - I might not be right - is to do something very personal, and then suddenly I look at it, up in the air. I blow it up and look at it and then I come down again - a better man.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Southwest Detroit has been through hell (excuse my directness) with Matty Moroun, his Bridge Company, and all his fancy-named subsidiaries. From blighted homes that my boys have to walk by to allowing his trucks to rumble down our residential streets, passing our parks, schools, and homes - we have had it.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have fought so heavily against corporate tax breaks, especially because I've seen our schools in Detroit close down.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I’ve been fortunate with the kind of work I’ve done, in terms of quality. But a lot of work didn’t get the kind of release and attention that it deserved. And, I feel little let down by our distribution system.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't ask me why the same producers cast me in their films. Maybe someone up there likes me as much as people down here.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a right time for everything. There was a time when I wanted to settle down and have a family. I wanted to give time to my kids. I had worked for nearly 19 years when I got married.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
An actress who has worked most of her life is suddenly expected to slow down and her work taken away from her completely after marriage.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talking down to people who I know are very smart.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020