Great Quotes
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Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.
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You don't have to have a great art idea - just get to work and something will happen. So that's pretty much my modus operandi and pretty much my principal position, such as it is.
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What I cannot stand in the behaviour of the E.U. with regard to Great Britain is blackmail, constant threat.
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When I was really young, my ambition wasn't to do science. I didn't really know that I could. It was to write a great novel.
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We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
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There are a lot of great recording artists, like Jack White and Jack Johnson, who stay confined inside a very small box, but I'm more like Bon Iver, who recorded an album with programmed drums, and the next record was totally organic. I get that.
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My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
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Man has become great through struggle.
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Obviously it's a thrill to direct a 'Jurassic Park' film, and it's a great honor.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Women are great. When they dig you, there's nothing they won't do. That kind of loyalty is hard to find - unless you've got a good dog.
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If I say that Shakespeare is the greatest of intellects, I have said all concerning him. But there is more in Shakespeare's intellect than we have yet seen. It is what I call an unconscious intellect; there is more virtue in it that he himself is aware of.
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If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don't forget the importance of warmheartedness.
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One of my great heroes, John Berger, he's in his 80s now. One of the reasons that he's remained young and all-around fantastic is his ongoing receptivity to new things. I think that's important.
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Great persons are great because of good, strong foundations on which they were able to build a character.
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The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great power on par with America. It is a gas station run by a corrupt, autocratic regime.
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Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act.
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People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
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If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are present among Dharma practitioners, it is great disgrace to practice
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Everyone should be proud of who they are and where they come from because America is a big melting pot of diverse ethnicities. It's great to be part of this wonderful country.
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Entertainment is a great form of being able to tell a story and to spread a message.
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I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great history behind it. I definitely carry that in my job, and I am very passionate.
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Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.
