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• My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Christian, Mom, Dad

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• God is bigger than people think.

  Jimmy Dean

  God, Thinking, People

  "Jimmy Dean: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2010.

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• I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.

  Cameron Diaz

  Birthday, Girl, Growing Up

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• My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.

  Beth Ditto

  Dad, Squirrels, Brain

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• All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.

  Beth Ditto

  Fashion, Kids, Nerd

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.

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• There's so much that I want to do. I feel like I'm the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great on the basketball court, but he's bigger as a businessman.

  Snoop Dogg

  Inspirational, Basketball, Rap

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries; and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty-first century.

  Freeman Dyson

  Discovery, Firsts, Size

  Freeman Dyson (2015). “Dreams of Earth and Sky”, p.1, New York Review of Books

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• As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking.

  Jenny Eclair

  Jeans, Smoking, Looks

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• I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it.

  Brian Eno

  Being Happy, Mean, Artist

  "The 77 Million Faces of Brian Eno". Interview with Andrew Marantz, www.motherjones.com. November 12, 2012.

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• I'm reading a book, because I'm brainy. No, it is a book - if you don't know, it is like a blog except bigger.

  Craig Ferguson

  Book, Reading, Ifs

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• One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.

  Tim Ferriss

  Class, Skills, World

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• Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays you to be unemployed. And the bigger the entity that gives you the deal, the better.

  Nathan Fillion

  Giving, Pay, Foxes

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• I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting research - that's the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it's certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour.

  Michael J. Fox

  Mean, Differences, People

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• The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.

  Al Franken

  Money, Media, America

  "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them". Book by Al Franken, September 2003.

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• TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

  Fred W. Friendly

  Teacher, Teaching, Tools

  "Fred Friendly's Faith In The Constitution" by Nat Hentoff, www.washingtonpost.com. March 14, 1998.

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• If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

  Lady Gaga

  Class, Lots Of Friends, Cafeteria

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• In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.

  Neil Gaiman

  Ocean, Book, People

  "Gaiman's New 'Ocean' Is No Kiddie Pool". Interview with Scott Simon, www.wwno.org. June 15, 2013.

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• Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger.

  Liam Gallagher

  Jesus, Lennon, Bigs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process.

  Emily Giffin

  Heart, Important, Want

  Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. July 16, 2012.

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• Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.

  Brian Greene

  Book, Writing, Different

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• When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Years, Play, Stronger

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• I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.

  Cathy Guisewite

  Funny Life, Mean, Successful

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• The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

  William Hague

  Latin, America, Economy

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• Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

  Geri Halliwell

  Mean, People, Individual

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• A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.

  Joanne Harris

  Real, Tantrums, Littles

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