Larger Than Life Quotes

• I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.

  Bette Davis

  Has Beens, Uncompromising, Disagreeable

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• Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

  Mike Caro

  Gambling, Mountain, Aces

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• If what that man did in his life, makes the blood pulse through the body of others, and makes them believe deeper in something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized by the storytellers, by the loyalty, by the memory, of those who honor him and make whatever the man did live forever.

  The Ultimate Warrior

  Loyalty, Memories, Believe

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

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• Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

  Laurence Olivier

  Art, Thinking, Needs

  "Laurence Olivier". Book by Foster Hirsch, 1979.

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• Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

  Ninon de L'Enclos

  People, Theatre, Acting

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• I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated.

  Cat Stevens

  Teenager, Media, Names

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• Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Cash

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• America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller then these.

  Simon Hoggart

  Hero, Blue, Whales

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• Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

  Jessica Savitch

  Character, Texas, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York Times,' constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Running, New York, Wall

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• I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

  Chinua Achebe

  Growing Up, Thinking, People

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• Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

  Robert Greene

  Character, Identity, Roles

  "The 48 Laws of Power". Book by Robert Greene, 1998.

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• I need a hero, I'm holding out for at hero 'till the end of the night He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'till the morning light He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than life, larger than life

  Bonnie Tyler

  Strong, Morning, Hero

  Song: Holding Out For A Hero

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• For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks.

  Laird Hamilton

  Inspire, Surfing, Risk

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• I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.

  Bette Davis

  Vanity, Problem

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• You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.

  Joe Klein

  Mediocrity, Life Is, Politician

  "'Primary Colors' Author Joe Klein Talks About Political Truth and Fiction". "Crossfire" with Mary Matalin, Bill Press, www.cnn.com. May 2, 2000.

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• You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.

  Benjamin Walker

  Thinking, Men, Way

  "Interview: Benjamin Walker and the cast of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson". Interview with Sharon Steel, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2010.

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• I joked at our National Convention that our party was nominating a candidate for president who was charismatic, larger than life, memorable, so they wanted to balance the ticket.

  Mike Pence

  Party, Memorable, Balance

  Source: www.dailyjournal.net

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• It's always great to play parts that are larger than life.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Play

  Source: in.ign.com

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• Guys who are larger than life and theatrical and deliciously unpredictable - they're far more interesting than the good guys most of the time. They have these psychological layers that an audience can really cling on to, become fascinated with, much more so than these true-blue, one-dimensional, square-jawed good guys.

  Ron Perlman

  Squares, Blue, Interesting

  Source: www.gq.com

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• I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way.

  Jodi Picoult

  Dad, Father, Hug

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• Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.

  Ray Stevenson

  Stars, Rocks, Leader

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer's creation.

  Henry Rollins

  Men, People, Fiction

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• Whereas 'Avatar' and other movies get shocks out of their three-dimensionality, 'Gatsby' is going to be about inviting the audience into this larger-than-life drama, letting them almost be inside the room rather than looking at it through the window. I think it will really work.

  Joel Edgerton

  Drama, Thinking, Three

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I wouldn't want to do a Bollywood film per se, but I would like to do an Indian-language film. For some reason I think Bollywood has become synonymous with commercial cinema, which is song and dance and everything that is larger than life, and I am interested in the reality.

  Freida Pinto

  Song, Reality, Thinking

  "Frieda Pinto Calls Bollywood Mindless!" by bollyspice.com, November 26, 2010.

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