Great Quotes
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The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.
Maynard Ferguson
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I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.
Antoni Tapies
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But I always loved songs with great lyrics.
Johnny Rivers
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I've accepted the fact that there's a beginning and end to everything. All species are born, evolve, and then die off. We're going through the 6th great extinction and the large mammals are going first and, you know what - we're large mammals!
Yvon Chouinard
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
Patrick Lencioni
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Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
Bill Bradley
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It's a great big step for me to open my heart up even a little bit.
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
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Being a farmer is a great qualification to have to serve in the United States Congress.
Bruce Braley
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I got great voice training in St. Mary’s Church, Wavertree, in Liverpool, when I was a lad. Dressing up in cassocks was all part of the fun. I used to earn sixpence a week and although I don’t go to church very much any more, 'Once In Royal David’s City' is still my favourite hymn.
Holly Johnson Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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I had been struggling to get roles in Hollywood for three and a half years after leaving the WWE. Then I finally got an agent - the agent I have now. He's a great guy, but he turned me down three times before he even decided to take me on a as a client.
Dave Bautista
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I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come and the great American players who've been created. Americans want to be number one at everything. And they are at baseball, football, basketball. Soccer is growing fast, and I want to be a part of that.
David Beckham
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I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.
Kathy Reichs
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I eat fish, chicken, vegetables and other healthier foods. I do love a great steak.
Bill Engvall
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In getting Under Armour started, like any business, I think, number one, you need a great idea.
Kevin Plank
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I think there's a little bit of a danger of a hype machine that puts forth a whole bunch of experiences that aren't great, and then a whole bunch of audience comes and don't have great experiences.
Chris Milk
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Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
Irwin Shaw
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I do these conventions sometimes. We've been doing a lot of 'The Vampire Diaries' conventions, but I do Comic-Con and stuff all over the world. They can be taxing, and they can take it out of you a little bit, but it's just great for the fans.
David Anders
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Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy are absolutely the next great race for industry.
Larry Burns
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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.
Elizabeth Hardwick
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What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
Chris O'Dowd
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People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people.
Berenice Bejo
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Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.
Donald Miller
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Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman.
Jessica Hahn
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For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
Rajiv Gandhi