- 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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a decade, Emma-Lee Moss has been steadily making weird, moody, melancholic music under the moniker 'Emmy the Great' that has been referred to as nue-folk, anti-folk, synthpop, and, most of all, literary.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can dream up great ideas, but an idea is nothing until it's realized, be it as a website, a physical product, an app, or a user interface.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long as I wasn't hurting someone else.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poetry taught me a great deal about language and images, but when it came to plotting, I was stumped. It's been very much a learn-by-doing thing for me.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unite has a great dry shampoo called 7Seconds. After a hot yoga class, when I'm super sweaty I spray this on and my hair comes back to life. Miraculous!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You hear people say, 'Well, I was going to say this, but I knew I couldn't get through it without crying.' Well, like, think of all the great things we didn't hear because of that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A way you can get really good abs in film is you get your makeup artist to paint shadows - faux washboard. But if you see me in a movie and I have great abs, it means I have a great body double.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and hang out with her.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your mind is not willing, everything will go. There's so much great power of our mind that we take for granted, and how we think and what positiveness can do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but wasn't marketable having a weight image.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I feel like the day is great? Pasta. When I feel like I want the day to be great? Pasta. It's just awesome.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds.
- Judging
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not great at judging a career. Or planning one.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020