Great Quotes
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I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.
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I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award.
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A great deal of bargaining power with suppliers. We are never locked in to anyone.
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My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.
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I just want to say I owe the whole reds organization a great deal. Great staff top to bottom and I wish those guys all the best.
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I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters.
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Playing on Saturdays, seeing 75,000 people yell your name, 88, ASJ, and all of that stuff is great.
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It will be a great story when I'm an old man telling my grandkids that I was once the best player in the world.
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That's nice, to be compared to Joanna Lumley. She played my mother once in 'Ella Enchanted.' I was one of the ugly sisters, and she was the stepmother, so that was great. I'll take that comparison, thank you.
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You hear people say, 'Well, I was going to say this, but I knew I couldn't get through it without crying.' Well, like, think of all the great things we didn't hear because of that.
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This process of change since my stroke has been very gradual. It is going on all the time... It is partly a physical transformation. The body itself is undergoing great changes. My problem before was that I was living largely from the head; and then after the stroke I got down into the heart.
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.
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Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation.
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Wherever we've travelled in this great land of ours, we've found that people everywhere are about 90% water.
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Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they were a good idea, maybe they weren't. I took them into the studio and developed them. They came to life and they evolved... and they're great.
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Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But, both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players.
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I've done a number of things in the spirit of employee motivation. I tend to be a storyteller and a student of history. I often tell stories of great battles, like the battle of Thermopylae, to inspire teams who face what appear to be insurmountable odds.
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I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.
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You know, I think in the world of creativity there will always be risk. Whatever you do. Because creativity is something that is very personal, very individual. I may think that I am doing something great, you may not think that or the public outside may not think that, and you have an opinion.
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I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.
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So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.
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In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That's how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, 'You gotta build it.' I say, 'I have to believe in it.'
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I'm pretty satisfied with how 'Postcard' turned out. I think everybody did a great job.
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[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
