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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
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day I was born, my house burnt down; the day I left home, the Twin Towers burnt down; and I lived in a jungle in India at 15.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere.
- Cast
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, my system for tracking down funny female writers isn't methodical. It's mainly based on word-of-mouth, which can cast a limited net.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime I have an idea, I'll make sure that I put it down so that when we do sit down to write an album, I don't have to dream it all out of thin air. I don't have to be creative on the spur of the moment, or spontaneously artistic. I just take advantage of whenever creativity strikes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage happened very late for me. It took place at a time, when my definition of companionship had really narrowed down.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Barr wants to keep defending Trump, he should take a page from one of his predecessors, Henry Stanbery, who stepped down as attorney general to serve as President Andrew Johnson's impeachment counsel. Stanbery, notably, tried to come back as attorney general after the impeachment proceedings concluded. The Senate did not confirm him.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were told that building a product company in India is impossible, as there wasn't enough talent available. But we survived, thrived, and grew despite a whole lot of frowns and thumbs down.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always wanted to do an R&B and soul record; a friend with a studio asked to come by and record a couple of songs, maybe just make a 45. Then the songs started to pour out, and pretty soon we had eight or 10 songs down.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020