Bigs Quotes - Page 38

• I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy.

  Armand Assante

  Daughter, Mother, Travel

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• Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded.

  Fritz Zwicky

  Dream, Travel, Book

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• The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

  Mink Stole

  Travel, Hurt, Adventure

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• When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

  Robin Wright

  Travel, Past, Car

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• That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have a president that can consult with congress before making big decisions. That doesn't just make a unilateral decision to go in for military conflict.

  Charles R. Chamberlain

  Military, Government, Iraq

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• After you have a big game, you can't just say, 'That's it, I've arrived,' by any means. I'm always pushing it to be better. You always want to be better than you are, no matter what. I think that's important.

  Blake Griffin

  Basketball, Mean, Thinking

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• Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

  Geno Auriemma

  Basketball, Winning, Risk

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• For me, the best time to pray is the very moment a tense situation or an unspiritual attitude overtakes me. God the Holy Spirit is always there, ready to help me gain victory in the spiritual battles I face-big or small.

  Billy Graham

  Spiritual, Attitude, Victory

  Billy Graham (2011). “The Holy Spirit: Activating God's Power in Your Life”, p.156, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

  Knute Rockne

  Leadership, Football, College

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• Physically I'm not as strong as I was, but I try to make up for it mentally. It's a big challenge, and I relish it, competing with guys half my age.

  Karch Kiraly

  Inspirational, Funny, Volleyball

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  Volleyball anchored me at a time in my life when I needed it. It gave me a reason for being this big, big girl.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Inspirational, Funny, Girl

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• When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Opportunity, Victory

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• Food was always a big part of my life. My grandfather was one of 14 kids, and his parents had a pasta factory, so as a kid, he and his siblings would sell pasta door to door. After he became a movie producer, he opened up De Laurentiis Food Stores - one in Los Angeles and one in New York.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  New York, Sibling, Kids

  "Get To Know Giada". The TIME Interview, content.time.com. June 2, 2006.

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• I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

  Emmy Rossum

  Mom, Growing Up, Sibling

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• You have to remember that no matter how big your goals or how many you have, there are going to be times when you miss by a little bit. You have to be realistic and flexible. One reason I have so many smaller goals is that even if my big goals don't happen, I've still achieved so much along the way, I don't feel the loss.

  Shannon Miller

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• A macho attitude is totally to my advantage. Guys try to hit it 400 feet out of the park, but in softball you have to use a short, quick swing. Big, huge swings equal big, huge strikeouts.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Attitude, Swings

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• I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.

  Anjelica Huston

  Niece, Car, People

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• Lions cannot afford to hunt mice because they literally will starve to death, even if they catch them. Lions and all large carnivores have to hunt game large enough to justify the investment, so they have to hunt antelope and zebra. Why is this important? Because most senior executives are really big on chipmunks.

  Newt Gingrich

  Leadership, Senior, Zebras

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• If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because instead of making profits they will actually lose money, but you will only lose a dollar or so a share at most. Then others will be mediocre performers. But the remaining big winners will go up and produce fabulous results and also ensure a good overall result.

  John Templeton

  Optimistic, Two, Dollars

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• I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows.

  Eric Carr

  Home, Kissing, Play

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• I don't know what the big issue is about a kiss with Neve Campbell in Wild Things. It's a role, and I think a bigger issue is made out of it. It was a part I took and it's what the character did, so I did it.

  Denise Richards

  Character, Kissing, Thinking

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• I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated appearance or anything like Kiss.

  Tom Verlaine

  Kissing, Media, Band

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• None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers ... If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government.

  Barry Goldwater

  Love, Country, Government

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• Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.

  Mac Davis

  Kids, Redneck, Thinking

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• Einstein said 'your imagination is more important than intelligence,' and I have a very, very big imagination.

  Lana Del Rey

  Trust No One, Imagination, Important

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