- Political
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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.
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- Architecture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truly great architecture always transcends its stated function, sometimes in unanticipated ways.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's becoming clearer and clearer to me that the world is there to be celebrated by writers, and in fact this is what all the good ones do, and that the great fashion for gloom and grimness was in fact a false path that certain writers took, I think in response to the horrors of the first half of the twentieth century.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
- Animal
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great things about working on C. elegans was the fact that it was transparent, and so when I first heard that seminar describing GFP, and realised, 'I work on this transparent animal, this is going to be terrific! I'll be able to see the cells within the living animal.'
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is completely different from the standup world. You have these 12- or 14-hour days, but you have a great time doing it. It's like hanging out with your friends.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we've lost the idea that politicians are part of the humanities. And we think of them as part of a natural science tradition, and we don't expect them to have the contact with literature, with history, with the richness of descriptive language that the humanities have always stood for. And I think that's a great loss.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.
- Dancers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020