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• I don't know what you're going through life doing if you're not really trying to collect some really great memories.

  Channing Tatum

  Memories, Trying, Knows

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• Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer.

  John Green

  New York, Opportunity, Cities

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• I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character with no gender or body who wakes up every day in the body of a different person. It's a really impressive execution of a really great premise.

  John Green

  Character, Execution, Adults

  "John Green Interview: ‘Fault In Our Stars’ Author Talks Worst Book Ever, Where He Likes To Read". Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

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• Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

  Arnold Bennett

  Art, Book, Reading

  1896 Journal entry,15 Oct.

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• The saving grace of all really great gifts is that the persons who bear their burden remain superior to what they have done, at least as long as the source of creativity is alive.

  Hannah Arendt

  Creativity, Long, Grace

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• For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.

  Kate Bush

  Children, School, Responsibility

  Interview with Brendan Martin, www.brendan.co.uk. April 7, 1978.

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• The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life.

  F. R. Leavis

  Novelists, Fiction, Tradition

  'The Great Tradition' (1948) ch. 1

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• At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.

  James Iha

  Song, Writing, Player

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• I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them.

  Emmanuelle Beart

  Men, Thinking, France

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

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• So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

  John Frankenheimer

  Directors, Assistants, Lasts

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• I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

  Christina Aguilera

  Believe, Thinking, Heat

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• I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

  Joe Jonas

  Artist, Men, Thinking

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• I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that Johnny Depp has to actually go outside the box on a character. When he plays a character, he plays it in a way that nobody else would.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Character, Thinking, Play

  "Exclusive interview: Ashton Kutcher talks Steve Jobs". Interview With Jon Frosch, www.france24.com. August 17, 2013.

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• Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Art, Careers, Organization

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• I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

  Max Lucado

  Mom, Fun, Dad

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• I'm really great with weapons: I did a lot of bo and staff training for 'Immortals.' I love knives. I'm a pretty good shot. But I love hand-to-hand combat.

  Kellan Lutz

  Hands, Knives, Training

  "Kellan Lutz As Hercules: ‘Twilight’ Actor To Portray Greek Hero In New 3-D Adaptation". British GQ Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 05, 2013.

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• The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

  Andre Maurois

  Writing, Negative, Novel

  "The Art of Writing". Book by Andre Maurois, 1960.

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• I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Dream, Blessed, World

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

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• I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasn't the cool thing to do.

  Lea Michele

  School, Play, People

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• I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

  Iggy Pop

  Thinking, Mirrors, Wow

  "Iggy's Trail of Destruction". Rolling Stone interview, November 19, 2003.

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• I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet.

  Eli Roth

  Baby, Thinking, Actors

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• I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  People, Acting, Actors

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Jobs, Nice, Thinking

  "Tonys 2012: Q&A with Neil Patrick Harris on Eve of His Hosting Three-peat". "The Hollywood Reporter" Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 6, 2012.

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• Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

  Malin Akerman

  People, Lovely, Actors

  "Malin Akerman Exclusive Interview HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE". Press day, collider.com. March 2, 2011.

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• As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.

  Alan Ball

  Running, Jobs, Fun

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