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This page collects quotes built around superlatives — including a direct critique of George W. Bush's domestic policy priorities, alongside genre-film commentary on luck and poor decision-making. For a look at priority and value elsewhere, see Important quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mythology
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Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.
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Though not the longest battle in history - that was Verdun - Stalingrad was certainly the most pitiless, an adjective that reappears regularly in Mr. Beevor's classic work.
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Shortly after Pearl Harbor, FDR committed a most visionary act: He appointed a Harvard historian to write the official account of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Samuel Eliot Morison was given the rank of lieutenant commander, with the right to interview anyone of whatever status.
- Respect
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What teenagers want most of all are social rewards, especially the respect of their peers.
- Distinctive
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One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.
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Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental.
- Dinner
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The most interesting characters keep us hooked. Not likeable ones! Iago, Shylock, Darth Vader - are they likeable? Do you want to invite them to dinner?
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I'm the most stubborn person I know.
- Horse
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There is a lot that horses and art share in common. I have found that most horse people are art lovers, and vice versa.
- Only
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BUT, in terms of attractiveness, speaking in terms of physical aspects only I think that Argentinean, Italian, Mexican, and Spanish men are among the most attractive men.
- Love
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All the parts I've enjoyed playing the most I didn't know about until they appeared, or it was something I read and fell in love with.
- Important
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Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
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I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.
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