Great Quotes
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The endings for all my characters seem sufficiently human and messy for me to feel comfortable with them. In some ways they have only moved an inch, but sometimes an inch is a great distance.
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When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.
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Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.
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Some of the fans here were not too sure about their club signing a player from their biggest rivals. Fortunately, we had a great season and won the League title for the first time in four years. Now, I think, everyone can say it was good business.
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'12 Angry Men' has a truly great collection of actors giving fantastic performances. It's an acting masterclass.
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I know what she used to do sometimes. She kept her best cape she wore on the street in there, and she used occasionally to go up there to get it and to take it into her room. She kept a great deal in the guest room drawers.
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The Admiral ordered the lord to be given some things, and he and all his folk rested in great contentment, believing truly that they had come from the sky, and to see the Christians they held themselves very fortunate.
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On this historic day, it is a high honor and rather humbling that a great number of my colleagues have come to me and urged me to lead the House into the 21st century, ... It is a calling that I have not sought. However, it is a duty that I cannot ignore.
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My time in New England was great. I thank them for everything.
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My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.
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All happenings, great and small, are parables whereby God speaks. The art of life is to get the message. To see all that is offered us at the windows of the soul, and to reach out and receive what is offered, this is the art of living.
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Passive resistance and boycotting are now prominent features of every great national movement.
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Most women are not programmed to prefer a great career to a great man and a family. They feel they were sold a bill of goods at college and by the media.
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Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.
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I was born and bred to be a great flirt.
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I am from a woman's family. My great-grandmother had three daughters and a son. My grandmother had two daughters, and my mother had two daughters. My sister had a daughter and then finally a son. You should have seen my father with the son. He could not believe that finally there was a boy in the family.
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A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me.
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I had written the script a few years earlier for Paramount, then later got hired with Sam [Fuller] to write an entirely new script that he was going to direct. And that was one of the great thrills of my professional life.
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And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun.
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My goal has always been to just be a person who makes great art.
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I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.
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Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.
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I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.
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I think if they can get eight (ACC) wins, they've got a great chance. I think it's mandatory to win one of the next two. And obviously a win over Duke would be absolutely an eye-catcher.
