Defining Moments Quotes - Page 2

• That's a defining moment, there, when someone plays an instrument that everyone relates to around the planet.

  Neil Young

  Country, Play, Instruments

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• Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Thinking, Machines, Beats

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• I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Distance, Thinking, Defining

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• Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they
  took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.

  Larry Osborne

  Successful, Keys, Decision

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• A defining moment in my life was my first actual VMA performance… That was the first time in my head I said I made it. Everybody knows who you are now. At that point everything in my life was flawless… I was just overwhelmed, I was happy, I was successful as an artist. I think I was in cruise control – like a little bit of bliss.

  Chris Brown

  Successful, Artist, Thinking

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• An eye-opening moment in my life, a very defining moment, was the first time I met Susan Sarandon [before shooting Thelma & Louise]. We were going to meet, just Ridley [Scott] and Susan and I, to go through the script and see if we had any thoughts or ideas. I was reading the script, and in the most girly way possible, meaning that if it was a line that could change or something different I'd like to see, I would think about each one and say, "Well, this one can wait till the set because I don't want to bring up too many things."

  Geena Davis

  Girly, Reading, Eye

  Interview with Emma Watson, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• And when you really think about the 9-11 event, the horrific attack on our land here in America and the death of three thousand of out loved ones, it was a defining moment.

  Donald Evans

  Thinking, Land, America

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• The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment.

  Jeff Melvoin

  Ideas, Interesting, Voting

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• That defining moment at my friend's house, when his uncle looks in my eye and reads me the word of God, I have an awakening.

  Paula White

  Uncles, Eye, House

  Source: culteducation.com

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• I did it through our ministries. We had ordination and basically understanding there ought - to be ordained that God has set apart, for the purposes of ministry. This is an important thing because of that defining moment, when I held that word up, I said I want to spend the rest of my life helping people.

  Paula White

  People, Understanding, Important

  Source: culteducation.com

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• Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith.

  Elie Wiesel

  Trying, Jewish Faith, That Moment

  Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org

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• I have worked in the homes of many successful people and have seen firsthand that everyone fails in life, but failure can be a gift if you don't give up and are willing to learn, improve, and grow because of it.  You see, failure often serves as a defining moment, a crossroads on the journey of your life.  It gives you a test designed to measure your courage, perseverance, commitment, and a dedication.  Are you a pretender who gives up after a little adversity or a contender who keeps getting up after getting knocked down?

  Jon Gordon

  Perseverance, Giving Up, Adversity

  Jon Gordon (2014). “The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All”, p.76, John Wiley & Sons

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• In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have to have a defining moment and kick it to death. You gotta be able to recognize that, by the way. It probably takes experience.

  Dan Jenkins

  Stories, Able, Way

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• It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it the climax. We call it 'Jumping the Shark.' From that moment on, the program will simply never be the same.

  Jon Hein

  Jumping, Sharks, Television

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• People have defining moments, i suppose, especially when they're children.

  Markus Zusak

  Children, People, Defining

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.67, RH Childrens Books

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• Grads need to remember that it's [showcases] just a jumping off point for their career, not the defining moment.

  Rachel Hoffman

  Jumping, Careers, Needs

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat. I put my foot down, right then and there; I do not mind telling you!" To punctuate his deeply offended feelings, he stamped one silver-and-pearl-decorated high heel firmly. "No one tells me what I can and cannot wear!" He snapped up a lace fan from where it lay on a hall table and fanned himself vigorously with it for emphasis.

  Gail Carriger

  Believe, High Heels, Feet

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• Hold'em - like life itself - has its defining moment. It's the flop. When you see the flop, you're looking at 71 percent of your hand, and the cost is only a single round of betting.

  Lou Krieger

  Gambling, Hands, Cost

  Lou Krieger (2000). “Hold'em Excellence: From Beginner to Winner”, p.61, ConJelCo LLC

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• As far as a defining moment, that was a hugely successful and very busy time for me. 1975, 1976, 1977 - that whole time frame.

  Gary Wright

  Successful, Busy, Whole

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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• There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It was a professional race, but I ended up winning. That was kind of a turning point for me where I felt like, "Okay, I'm pretty good at this and there's a possibility for this to be a career for me." That was a defining moment for me.

  Allyson Felix

  Running, Athlete, School

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

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• I don't know if it was a defining moment. I knew it as soon as I could comprehend the possibility of having a career. I knew very young I wanted to be a movie star. As much as I grew into love of the craft. As soon as I could speak I was auditioning and going to classes every day. It was my life.

  Columbus Short

  Stars, Class, Careers

  Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. December 2, 2009.

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• Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.

  Daphne Guinness

  Fashion, Political, Revolution

  Interview with Peter Brant II, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 23, 2011.

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• Once in a while - perhaps every 10 years, or even every generation - a novel appears that profoundly questions the way we look at the world, and at ourselves. Beijing Coma is a poetic examination not just of a country at a defining moment in its history, but of the universal right to remember and to hope. It is, in every sense, a landmark work of fiction

  Tash Aw

  Country, Years, Way

  "Growing up in the world". www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2008.

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• I think that for many of us, the years of the Civil Rights movements - Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy running for president in 1968 to end the war and so forth - these were defining moment in terms of trying to hold government accountable and have a level of responsibility and truth-telling.

  John F. Kerry

  Running, Kings, War

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments.

  Roger Ebert

  Actors, Film, Screens

  Roger Ebert (2016). “The Great Movies IV”, p.81, University of Chicago Press

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