Really Amazing Quotes

• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

  Miles Davis

  Life, Music, Beautiful

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• I love to go shopping at Target. They have so much stuff there, you can buy almost anything, it's really amazing.

  Liv Tyler

  Shopping, Target, Stuff

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• If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.

  Marissa Mayer

  Feelings, Risk, Scared

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• Internet has been really amazing, and I think it's a place of great passion, creativity, and knowledge.

  Lauren Mayberry

  Passion, Creativity, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• With the right movie, 3D can enhance the experience. Absolutely, it can make a good film a great film. It can make a great film a really amazing film to see .

  Peter Jackson

  Film, Great Film, Good Films

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press Conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

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• For interiors, if you have a basic sofa, you can add fun throw pillows, and cool lighting to make the space more interesting. In fashion, you make a little black dress really amazing with jewelry, shoes and an incredible bag. If you have those clean, basic, pieces you can really mix things up with the accessories and make the space, or the outfit, uniquely your own.

  Jeremiah Brent

  Fashion, Fun, Shoes

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• I'm incredibly proud to have been nominated in the past and it really means a lot to me because I do work very hard when I'm making a film and I do really do absolutely give my all. To get that kind of pat on the back, it's really amazing and also never something that I anticipated would possibly happen to me, ever. So I am very, very proud to have been there before. And, you know, the nice thing about nominations is that, same as awards, no one can actually take them away from you and I'm proud of that.

  Kate Winslet

  Nice, Mean, Past

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Executives and studios really like to have control over their product. They panic or they're not secure enough to trust in the powers of really amazing improv people.

  Harland Williams

  People, Panic, Enough

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Dogs are a really amazing eye opener for us humans because their lives are compressed into such a short period, so we can see them go from puppyhood to adolescence to strong adulthood and then into their sunset years in 10 to 12 years. It really drives home the point of how finite all our lives are.

  John Grogan

  Dog, Strong, Home

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• When you spend many hours a week working with the same people - I mean television operates on really amazing hours and the gift of that is the trust that you feel and the intimacy that you feel with the people who you're working with.

  Holly Hunter

  Mean, People, Television

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• When it comes to Project Runway, for me the most memorable look ever presented goes back to season one, episode one, when Austin Scarlett created a ravishing cocktail dress out of cornhusks. It was really amazing.

  Tim Gunn

  Memorable, Austin, Dresses

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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• I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, "Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing." And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally getting it - the two piano boys.

  Mac DeMarco

  Boys, Two, Piano

  Source: www.self-titledmag.com

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• For such a long time, when you're a writer, you really are just writing for yourself, and maybe a few friends. So it's really amazing when your book gets out there and more people are reading and responding to it. It really makes the world of the books feel real.

  Cassandra Clare

  Real, Book, Reading

  Exclusive Books Interview, blog.exclus1ves.co.za.

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• Miami Beach is a completely interesting hybrid because it is, on the one hand, a resort and, on the other hand, a real city. This condition of city and water on two sides I think is really amazing. And in the heart of that city, it has put an enormous convention center, an enormous physical presence.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Beach, Real, Heart

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• You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer a first loss of someone that you love to death, even, you know, really big life lessons, things you learn from your parents' divorce or from the travels that you took.

  Brandi Carlile

  Life Lesson, Divorce, First Love

  "Bear Creek : A Conversation With Brandi Carlile, Plus Rocket Juice & The Moon by Galen Hawthorne". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 04, 2012.

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• The facilities are amazing here in McLaren. If you compare them to Sauber, who have good facilities in Formula 1, it's another level. But in terms of the people, the way they approach their jobs, is really amazing when you come into McLaren. The emphasis they have is very good and it gives you a big boost when you drive for this team.

  Sergio Perez

  Jobs, Team, People

  Interview with James Galloway, www.skysports.com. October 01, 2013.

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• It's really amazing what a money reputation will do for your social standing.

  Sue Sanders

  Money, Reputation, Social

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• There are several states that move from Karl Marx-like policies to Adam Smith-like policies and back again in a weekend. So for the states with huge volatility in their income tax policies over time, the differences in growth rates in those periods are really amazingly consistent with tax rates really mattering.

  Arthur Laffer

  Moving, Weekend, Differences

  "How Low Can They Go? Arthur Laffer Defends Slashing State Income Taxes". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. August 1, 2013.

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• It is really amazing to be able to do cinematic, big feature style film music on a weekly basis and do it in LA, on a big scoring stage, on a studio lot, and do it with the right players and make it sound great.

  Christopher Lennertz

  Player, Style, Sound

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• It's really amazing to be a part of something that people have an emotional response to, even though it's a network sitcom. When you get a chance to meet fans or interact with them, you realize that there are a lot of people who the show speaks to, and that they really get something out of it, beyond just laughing. That's really fulfilling.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Emotional, People, Laughing

  "Gillian Jacobs Talks Short Film IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME, Creating Her Own Original Content, COMMUNITY, BAD MILO, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 15, 2013.

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• As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they're not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.

  Idris Elba

  Nice, Careers, Interesting

  "Idris Elba Talks LUTHER Season 3, Luther’s New Love Interest and His Relationship with Alice, Exploring a Prequel Story, and Future Seasons". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 28, 2013.

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• I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could try something like that.

  Adrian Tomine

  Trying, One Day, Would Be

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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