Great Quotes
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I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar was 'For Your Love' by the Yardbirds. That kind of was the beginning for me. I thought it was a great song and I loved the open chord progression at the beginning of that song.
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Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.
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There is great potential for investments that are built around improving social, environmental, and economic conditions.
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Even in a manuscript form, 'The Girl on the Train' sort of leapt off the pages as a contemporary suspense drama-slash-thriller. It has all the mechanics of a thriller, but at the heart of it was a great character study.
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Yes, I'm having a baby. I think it's so hard as a woman to give yourself a break. It's great to be healthy but you have to set a good example for your kids and know that it's not about a number on a scale but how you feel.
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Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball.
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The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events.
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What we accepted as great art - whether the book, the script, the painting, the symphony - is that which could be saved and savored. But the performances of the athletic artists who ran and jumped and wrestled were gone with the wind.
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'Do you know that you have caused us more trouble than all the rest of our European allies?' 'I do not doubt it. France is a great power.'
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It's been so great to have an album people believe in.
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Let's light this fire one more time, Mike, and witness this great nation at its best.
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Winning is fun and great, but I would rather have a long, successful and healthy career than a short one with a few wins.
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A great writer requires a great biography, and a great biography must tell the truth.
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We are all racing towards death. No matter how many great, intellectual conclusions we draw during our lives, we know they're all only man-made, like God. I begin to wonder where it all leads. What can you do, except do what you can do as best you know how.
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We have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the moment a news story broke, with that news story being great and grand and something that elevates society instead of diminishes it.
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In order to achieve something great, you'll have to sacrifice something great.
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A great thing, which I don't do enough, is to take a break from producing and try to just take stuff in, like go to the theater.
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All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.
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You can discover great things through 'mistakes.'
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Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients.
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If you have won a national award, it means you have done something great.
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I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drewHis spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try to get into the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and see where you get.' I wouldn't have thought of that at all. I wanted to be a surgeon, but I wasn't a clever man.
