- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amazing Things Quotes
Reminders of what becomes possible when people push further.
This page celebrates the amazing things people and bodies are capable of, from scientific breakthroughs that still leave room for disappointment, to the surprising feats we manage during pregnancy or everyday life.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Disappointment
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a great disappointment as a leader in the biotech industry that with all the amazing things the drug industry has done in the last couple of decades, we have not made a single major advance, have not not developed a single new chemical entity approved for the treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
How did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us - computers and cell phones and so on? There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered. And the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out.
- Bad Ones
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- Nov 07, 2020
Failure's inevitable. It happens all the time in a complex economy. And how did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us, computers and cell phones and so on? Well, the process was trial and error. There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered, and the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think in many aspects the press does amazing things and helps a lot of people.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.
- Dome
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had been studying. I wanted to know how these amazing things would work: the Pantheon, the dome of Michelangelo, the dome of Brunelleschi. So I decided to study civil engineering.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Changing my body has given me the ability to do all these amazing things that I never in a million years imagined I could do.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the amazing things about the Internet is that the content creators are the gatekeepers. We can think of an idea and execute it quickly, and we didn't have to pitch the idea to a major network or convince a studio head to sign-off on the concept.
- Firsthand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I travel to a lot of schools, and I see firsthand that while we do still have a lot of traditional readers, we don't have as many as we used to. And we're missing an awful lot of kids entirely... Do I want to get rid of the Internet? Obviously, I don't want that because of all the amazing things it brings.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal is to get people thinking and trying to wrap their heads around the amazing things that have been achieved and to dream about what will be achieved.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I loved working with people and seeing the joys in family when they welcome a new member to it. It really brought me joy to be around that.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's one of the amazing things about owning a football club, the way you get caught up. It's like someone has put something in your coffee. You look around, you want to lift the place, hit the ground running.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020