- Black
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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
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I'd just get worried.
- Great Value
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- Nov 07, 2020
We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.
- Heated
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great that Trump has engendered a heated debate over illegal immigration and our open borders.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can sit down at a piano or with a guitar and just chug away for hours and be perfectly content with whatever comes out. But when it comes to something that somebody else is going to listen to, then I do feel a great deal of pressure to do something that's exceptional, at least in what I consider to be at the limits of what I can do.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.
- Great Stories
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what to say about it except Tom Hanks is a great person, a serious person; he's dissatisfied in a very likeable way, in a very discreet way, and Steven Spielberg is similar in his discretion and drive. But Spielberg is calm. He's this driven filmmaker and visionary. He really is.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be the case that studio executives like Robert Evans, Darryl Zanuck, and David Selznick would put aside money for what they wanted to be great movies regardless of whether they would perform well with the box office.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read for 'Reservoir Dogs,' and it got down to me and Buscemi, and Quentin couldn't make up his mind. I really wanted that part, but Buscemi is great in that. I also got really close on 'Gladiator,' but Ridley Scott decided on Russell Crowe, who's perfect in it.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020