Great Things Quotes - Page 20

• By God's help, and the intelligent use of their own strong right arms they could accomplish great things.

  James Larkin

  Strong, Intelligent, Use

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• The great thing about basketball is you work as hard as you can to individually get better so that your team can win

  Doug Collins

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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• The great thing about the movies ... is-you're giving people little ... tiny pieces of time ... that they never forget.

  James Stewart

  Movie, People, Giving

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• It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong.

  John Lubbock

  Happiness, People, Would Be

  John Lubbock (1913). “The Pleasures of the Life”

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• The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.

  Kate Atkinson

  Writing, Ties, Life Is

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• Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by taxation and regulation.

  Bill Jenkins

  America, People, Taxation

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• The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

  Richard Curtis

  Internet, Free Speech

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• Competition is a great thing and critically important in any industry. I respect the companies that build their brand through innovation/great product, packaging, sharp marketing and clever ideas.

  John Robinson

  Clever, Ideas, Competition

  Source: propaintball.com

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• An executive cannot gradually dismiss details. Business is made up of details and I notice that the chief executive who dismisses them is quite likely to dismiss his business. Success is the sum of detail. It might perhaps be pleasing to imagine oneself beyond detail and engaged only in great things, but as I have often observed, if one attends only to great things and lets the little things pass the great things become little; that is, the business shrinks.

  Harvey S. Firestone

  Business, Littles, Might

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• The great thing about playing a character that's similar to the audience, or similar to you, is that you get to have the same reaction that you would actually have to whatever's going on.

  Topher Grace

  Character, Reactions, Audience

  Source: collider.com

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• The networks are different so they have a different approach. Obviously, with The Shield - that was on FX so they had a little bit more leeway as far as the dialogue was concerned and even the content and what they showed the viewers, which is a great thing. But we will push it to the limit as far as FOX will let us go; that's for damn sure.

  Mekhi Phifer

  Different, Littles, Shields

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The great thing about doing physical comedy for film is that if it doesn't work you're not exposed. It ends up on the editing room floor, so it gives you a lot more room to experiment I guess. But I really enjoy doing it. I'm very comfortable tapping into my inner idiot.

  Isla Fisher

  Editing, Giving, Rooms

  "Isla Fisher Talks Confessions of a Shopaholic". Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment interview, movieweb.com. June 29, 2009.

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• I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.

  Josh Peck

  Mean, Brain, Gone

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• We can't spend all day trying to get the performance exactly right and you just have to accept that and move on and accept the medium that you're working in and you know, there's a beauty in working under constraints and limitations. I think a lot of great things can come out of that.

  Emily Deschanel

  Moving, Thinking, Trying

  "Emily Deschanel Talks Bones: Season 2". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. September 26, 2007.

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• One of the great things about being an actor is that you do get to indulge in someone else's life.

  Cameron Diaz

  Indulge In, Actors, Indulge

  "The Holiday - Cameron Diaz interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The great thing about space films generally, with the exception of Apollo 13, is that big stars tend not to work in space and I think that's because space is an equaliser. It makes everyone the same really and suits an ensemble cast and actors who are prepared to work with each other.

  Danny Boyle

  Stars, Thinking, Space

  "Sunshine - Danny Boyle interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• You know what, I'm happy to say that everything outside of 'Dexter' feels like a vacation, and I don't mean to say anything negative about the show. It's just a different kind of work. Emotionally it's taxing and complicated, and that's a great thing.

  Jennifer Carpenter

  Mean, Vacation, Say Anything

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• If you're going to play a hooker in a movie, the movie has to have the perspective, of course, that it isn't such a great thing. Probably the only way to really play a hooker well is to believe you're doing something that's good. But at the same time, the movie can't have that point of view.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Believe, Views, Play

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. July 16, 2008.

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• Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

  Julian Schnabel

  Friendly, Painting, Internet

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's hard sometimes when you're in a regular high school, you just feel like the odd kid out. The great thing about going to an art school [is] it's kind of like it's all the odd kids. It's all the kids that don't fit in at their regular schools, because you're into something and excited about something that other kids really aren't into. When you go to art school, everybody's kind of on the same page.

  Anthony Mackie

  Art, School, Kids

  "What Anthony Mackie Can Do in a Day". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 9, 2012.

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• One of the great thing about New York is the neighborhood - you go for your walk in the morning and you know your dry cleaning lady, you know the guy in your coffee shop - that's your neighborhood and I love that.

  Piper Perabo

  Morning, New York, Coffee

  "Piper Perabo’s Culinary Affairs". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 16, 2012.

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• You've got to be oblivious to other people, the push and pull of other people's opinions, the way other people measure success. It's then that you realize you are 100 percent who you are and you have to use that who-you-are 100 percent in order to create great things.

  Damien Hirst

  Order, People, Use

  Interview with Anthony Haden-Guest, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2008.

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• One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.

  Michael Caine

  Comedy, Problem, Mediocre

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 18, 2003.

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• My goal is to encourage people to see the possibilities that life holds. So many great things can happen in life, if we can find our own way of doing things, and believe in ourselves, no matter what challenges surround you.

  Jim Abbott

  Believe, Goal, People

  "Jim Abbott - The Halos Heaven Interview". Interview with Rev Halofan, www.halosheaven.com. February 14, 2007.

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• That's the great thing about today, having smartphones to stay in touch and share experiences. Knowing that whilst there may be thousands of miles between you, it's almost like they're there. That's the coolest thing, and that's how I stay in touch with the people that are important to me.

  Lewis Hamilton

  Knowing, Smartphones, People

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