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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
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of 'Performance' called 'The Entertainer' with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to be queen!
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any role that's proactive is a great role, and action roles are by their very nature proactive. You get to do stuff. I hate sitting in a corner - I'd much prefer an action role in a popcorn movie rather than pining in a corner not doing anything.
- Action
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're called 'action scenes' because they do the acting for you. You don't have to act in action scenes. The action does it all for you. It's great.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a mystery, that thing about chemistry, because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on the set have great chemistry on the screen. And people who love each other in real life and love each other on the set have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production.
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and how they approach things and what's great about them and what's not so great about them.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's great in the modern world is that it's becoming easier and easier for people to create without having access to large sums of money. They need access to certain technologies, but the cost is far less than it used to be.
- Chronicle
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.
- Nov 07, 2020
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by friction.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020