Great Things Quotes - Page 23

• I absolutely love being back in Nebraska and I love that my wife is able to experience a lot of the great things that made me love this place years ago. The lifestyle, the people.

  Jason Peter

  Love Is, Years, People

  Interview with Husker Faithful, bleacherreport.com. August 14, 2008.

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• I always believed that my platform would be speaking to young women that were teenagers that had had their babies and were trying to make it as single moms and still have hope and passions and pursuit of great things in their lives.

  Shari Wiedmann

  Mom, Baby, Teenager

  "Actress Shari Rigby talks about her “Beautifully Flawed” life". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. March 2015.

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• The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.

  Peter Ustinov

  Adaptable

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

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• We wanted to more richly experience why we were alive, not just make a better life, and so people went in search of things. The great thing that came from those that time was to realize that there was definitely more to life than the materialism of the late sixties and early sixties. We were going in search of something deeper.

  Steve Jobs

  People, Alive, Realizing

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• Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.

  L. Frank Baum

  Awe, Remove, Familiarity

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)”, p.2783, Delphi Classics

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• The only reason you do not do great things is because you timidly cling to small things.  Will you let loose of small things and bear the uncertainty of having nothing for a while?  Do this and eventually you will do great things.

  Vernon Howard

  Bears, Reason, Small Things

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• Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken.

  Emily Post

  Children, Hands, Broken

  Emily Post (2007). “Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”, p.571, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.

  John Cleese

  Want, Unselfish, Wells

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If there's one great thing I think that's happened over the years, it's that women are being accepted into a man's world in all different areas, whether it's flying an airplane or driving a race car.

  Danica Patrick

  Airplane, Men, Thinking

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• I've learned in my career, it is much better to be recognized for all the great things you do on the field.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Careers, Fields, I've Learned

  "Braden's grandma to A-Rod: 'Stick it'" by Andrew Marchand, www.espn.com. May 11, 2010.

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• I've never believed anyone could put more pressure on me than I put on myself. People expect great things from me. I expect great things from myself.

  Steve McNair

  People, Pressure

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• We can't always expect great things from great men; but we must always expect little things from little men!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Littles, Little Things

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• Youngsters lack wisdom; elders lack energy! When wisdom and energy comes to gather, great things are destined to happen!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Energy, Youngsters, Happens

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• You could have a season where you hit .330 and did all these great things, but nothing ever materialized from it and you went home October One. Or you could hit .260 and have key hits and key plays on defense that help your team get to the playoffs and win the World Series.

  Andre Ethier

  Team, Home, Winning

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• That's the great thing about plankton. It pretty much keeps to itself.

  Gene Hackman

  Replacements, Plankton

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• You invest a lot in your kids, from the sleepless nights early on and the frightening trips to the emergency room, to homework assignments and a million miles of taxi driving. The great thing is that everything you put in counts, and with a bit of luck, one day they will realize it. Love adds up to something. It's indestructible and immortal and carries long on after your own life is over. Who could ask for more?

  Steve Biddulph

  Kids, Night, Long

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• I'm going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I'm an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach.

  Sarah Palin

  Country, Strong, Hard Work

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• If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.

  Natasha Lyonne

  Nice, Black, Would Be

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• It takes a long time to make a painter - even with a good artist's education - but without one it tries the patience of Job; it is a great thing if one does not go backward.

  Edward Lear

  Jobs, Artist, Long

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• A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them.

  Steve Jobs

  People, Expected

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• I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Love Life, Thinking, Sometimes

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• I grew up watching all the great Disney animated films and to be able to carry that torch and know that I'm contributing to the same magic and wonder for a whole new generation is a great thing.

  Jim Cummings

  Magic, Torches, Generations

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• The great thing about Eminem is, he's just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he's a great actor.

  Judd Apatow

  People, Actors, Forget

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 30, 2009.

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• The great thing about writing is that...you can do all these antisocial things and you get paid for them and nobody ever arrests you because they're all make-believe. Then that way if you were actually ever driven to do any of those things, the pressure's off because you'd have already written them down. It's therapy.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Writing, Way

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• Every director is different. One of the great things about getting to work with so many directors in one TV series is collaborating with different artistic visions and voices. And they all have something to offer and making the story better and bringing their vision to what you see in the frame.

  Beau Willimon

  Voice, Vision, Directors

  Source: collider.com

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