- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great Quotes
Quotes on great moments and discoveries.
These quotes use 'great' to describe very different things - a lifelong search for spiritual mystery, nostalgic memories of finding great music collections while living abroad, and an honest mix of great and difficult experiences tied to identity and pride. Related reading: Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I think people who sort of glibly say, 'Well, you know, they're not going to handle security, UAE is a great ally,' four and a half years ago, they were not an ally, they were working with the enemy, and if those same people are still there today that were there then, these are real serious issues.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Winning is fun and great, but I would rather have a long, successful and healthy career than a short one with a few wins.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went cage diving in South Africa with Great Whites, and that was fun. Sweden was cool.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you can find a place to develop as an all-round player, then you're doing great.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is just like everybody else's dad. I see him as kind of a goofy guy with a great sense of humor. I try to get in a battle of wits with him, but he always gets me. I emulate him because I've never seen anyone work as hard as he does.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great lesson that The Royal Hunt of the Sun taught me, it was the profundity that masked drama can achieve, that of course, the audience were not seeing masks moving at all.
- Evacuation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and thereafter the great state of danger in England at that time, with the bombings, necessitated the evacuation of children.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at the publishers I've worked with, generally, they're a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I've worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
To get great again, we need to recreate what made us great in the first place, and so we're going to have to let interest rates go up.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020