- 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
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, after about a week in, I started to get really down. I would feel better when I would eat.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Ready' is dedicated to young people who are not yet jaded and worn down by the realities of this world.
- Fruit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can drink 15 pieces of fruit in a day. Nobody is going to sit down and eat that. I drink about 48 ounces a day. That constitutes about 50 percent of what I eat. And then I have one meal a day, some protein. I restrict calories.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realised in 1985, after sitting for months and being very down, that I have to move. I have to be busy. Because, otherwise, it is like being in a waiting room. And waiting for what?
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need the ability to buy healthcare insurance across state lines that would increase competition and drive down cost.
- Religions
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- Nov 07, 2020
All religions, if you shrink them down, are all about controlling women's sexuality.
- Driveway
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the Santa Monica Canyon. I wrote thousands of pages there, but in order to see another adult human being, I had to steal out through the brambly side of the house, along the driveway down to the street.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been hugely successful at times in my life, and I have also been in ruins. But the lessons I learned on the way up were just as valuable on the way down.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020