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• There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.

  James Cameron

  Dream, People, Leap Of Faith

  James Cameron, Brent Dunham (2012). “James Cameron: Interviews”, p.113, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

  Jim Carrey

  Careers, Long, Appreciate

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• One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

  Dave Chappelle

  People, Dollars, Certain

  "Dave Chappelle speaks: 'I'm not crazy; I'm not smoking crack'" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. May 16, 2005.

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• The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.

  Deepak Chopra

  Easter, Thinking, Way

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• Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

  Mason Cooley

  Writing, Creativity, Acting

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• Never try to leap from a standstill.

  Mason Cooley

  Trying, Literature, Standstill

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• Cohabitation seems a greater leap in cities because it's all the harder to extract oneself if things turn sour. It's what keeps otherwise functional adults living with their mothers.

  Sloane Crosley

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Cities

  "I want to be alone: the rise and rise of solo living". Interview with Eric Klinenberg, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2012.

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• Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Fall, Together, Leap Of Faith

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• A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.

  Harvey Mackay

  Accomplishment, Next, Starting

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• He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

  Walter Scott

  Tree, Fruit, Suits

  Sir Walter Scott (1826). “The Poetical Works of Walter Scott”, p.380

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• 'So You Think You Can Dance' comes on as a high-minded leap up the evolutionary ladder from other reality shows - on this one, you're supposed to learn something, and the guest judges are fellow dance professionals rather than actual celebrities.

  Rob Sheffield

  Inspirational, Dance, Reality

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• With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.

  Grace Slick

  Attitude, Mistake, Thinking

  Interview with Mary Campbell, articles.latimes.com. January 01, 1993.

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• You can't expect people who didn't exist as a community at all until about twenty years ago to have formed a political movement. This attack on the LGBT community was very shocking to the people who consider themselves to be activists. They're basically playing in the sandbox, and there's a tank coming! And what are they supposed to do - use the plastic shovel to push the tank back? But since the homosexual propaganda legislation, people have really stepped up, educated themselves politically, and grown by leaps and bounds.

  Masha Gessen

  People, Community, Political

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• To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.

  Julia Sweeney

  Leap Of Faith, Sides, Certain

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• Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.

  Francis Collins

  Leap Of Faith, Way, Becoming

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• Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again.

  Italo Calvino

  Book, Writing, Opportunity

  Italo Calvino (1976). “The Path to the Nest of Spiders”

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• It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Sick, Support, Stronger

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• I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.

  Sarah Dessen

  Loving Someone, Leap Of Faith, Facts

  "This Lullaby". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2002.

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• Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.

  Yann Martel

  Life, Beautiful, Jealous

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

  Jill Scott

  Humble, Important, Respectful

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• You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.

  Vincent Schiavelli

  Growing Up, Actors, Becoming

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• Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.

  Leo Rosten

  Philosophical, Heart, Sight

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• Wolf Hall attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.

  Hilary Mantel

  Memories, Way, Chronology

  "Hilary Mantel: how I came to write Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2012.

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• The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too.

  Paul McCartney

  Crazy, Keith, Stones

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• We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Relationship, Leaps And Bounds

  Joyce Meyer (2004). “Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year”, Hachette UK

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