- Living
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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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved 'Modern Family!' It was sort of the precursor to 'Trainwreck,' to that character. But I loved it. I had a great time doing it.
- Success
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's success all about? What's philanthropy all about? Let's think of our legacy, following in the footsteps of some great Americans like the Carnegies and the Mellons who used their wealth for quality purposes.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I earn - I'm not - I don't want to claim I'm a scholar of great stature, but I have made a certain reputation for myself, I've published several books, I've never been able to get a permanent teaching job.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new one. Within days, he had drawn up an elegant grid of broad boulevards leading to majestic squares, but it came to nothing - the existing landowners wanted things as they had been.
- Great Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aquinas is worth reading. He has stood the test of time. And even where he errs, you can learn more from the errors of a great mind than you can learn from the truths of a small mind. You can see a whole lot farther standing on the shoulders of giants.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, you don't know what's going to happen to your character until the night before you shoot the scene. So, sometimes, you get a great big surprise at the very last minute, which is scary sometimes. You don't have a whole lot of time to prepare.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been drawn more to film. But 'Bloodline,' to me, feels like a 13-hour piece of cinema. And the great thing about Netflix is you get to be almost like an editor. You choose how much of the narrative you want to watch at a time, which makes you complicit in the story.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while this is all great news, this has also placed added pressure on America's retirement system.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a great audience myself. I tried to keep in the background while others were on, but sometimes I'd just get hysterical.
- Nov 07, 2020
I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020