- Nov 07, 2020
Big Quotes
Scale shows up everywhere, literally and figuratively.
Quotes on "big" span genuine fandom, like enthusiasm for horror films and reality TV, alongside more personal reflection on physical stature and the drive to feel powerful. For quotes about drive itself, see Ambition quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1955-56, Saint Joseph's won the first Big Five championship, compiled a 23-6 overall record, and entered its first postseason competition ever - the National Invitation Tournament - finishing third. That season's success seemed to vault St. Joe's into the national collegiate basketball scene, and it has been there since.
- Four
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my 11-year coaching tenure, Saint Joseph's won or tied for the Big Five championship seven times, went to 10 postseason tournaments - including seven NCAA appearances - and reached the Final Four in 1961.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
England Under 16, Under 17, Under 18, I played centre-half. But back then, David Moyes thought it was difficult to throw a 16-year-old in there. There was a big hype around me. He wanted me to fulfil my potential; he wanted to get me in as early as possible.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas.
- Break
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was working at Teleflora, I got booked to do 'Talladega Nights,' so I went and did that. That was really my first big break ev-er. I made as much from my per diem during the three-month shoot as I did for the entire previous year.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
- Distributed
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- Nov 07, 2020
GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020