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• Matt?" "Yeah?" "You okay?" "Working on it." His voice sounded unusually tight. "I thought you said you did this a lot." "Yeah. I do. But apparently not with anyone I'm wildly attracted to." This caused certain reactions in her body that were best not experienced in mixed company. "It's just panties," she finally whispered. "And they're really great panties," Matt agreed. "But it's not the panties, Amy. It's you.

  Jill Shalvis

  Voice, Amy, Body

  Jill Shalvis (2015). “Lucky Harbor Collection 2: Lucky In Love, At Last, Forever And A Day”, p.312, Hachette UK

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• What are you, a door mouse?!" Cloudtail mewed impatiently, prodding Lionblaze. Lionblaze looked up at the white warrior looking down at him, "Aww did you have to do that?! I was having a really great dream!" "And now you can go on a really great water patrol!" Cloudtail grumbled.

  Erin Hunter

  Dream, Warrior, Doors

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• No first step can be really great; it must of necessity possess more of prophecy than of achievement; nevertheless it is by the first step that a man marks the value, not only of his cause, but of himself.

  Katherine Cecil Thurston

  Time, Men, Firsts

  Katherine Cecil Thurston (2008). “The Masquerader (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)”, p.285, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

  Anatole France

  Positive, Integrity, Heart

  Anatole France (1922). “Anatole France and His Circle: Being His Table-talk”

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• Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had constituents initiate legislation, lobby for it, organize meetings and events, and, of course, call, mail, e-mail and visit legislators to express their views. It's really great to see how much difference that individuals can make.

  Doris Day

  Thoughtful, Helping Others, Views

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• The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might bestow upon them more benefits than he does.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Inspirational, Selfish, Men

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• We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Exercise, Self, Realizing

  Woodrow Wilson, Mario R. DiNunzio (2006). “Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president”, p.385, NYU Press

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• Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was right, but you know, seen in retrospect, it made the album sound forced, and not really great.

  Mark McGrath

  Song, Sound, Albums

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• "Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The distinguishing characteristic of all really great men and women is an unwavering faith.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Men, Unwavering Faith, Impossible

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ”, p.20, e-artnow

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• It feels amazing - really, really great! It was so nice to be out there and be cherished by all the people. It has been a great event, the best you can experience as an athlete. We are very happy with how everything has worked out in the competition. Everything was very good and we're really happy we accomplished our goal.

  Margaretha Sigfridsson

  Nice, Athlete, People

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• No really great man ever thought himself so.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Opinion, Great Men

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1905, Delphi Classics

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• Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.

  Robin Williams

  Party, Memorable, Canada

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

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• To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

  Dick Gregory

  Comedian, Musician, Poet

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• Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Dream, Vision, Happens

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• A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Strength, Happiness

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• London is my favorite place in the world. I love London. I think it has the best of L.A. and New York in one, and I have a really great friend there.

  Emma Roberts

  New York, Thinking, Favorite Places

  "Emma Roberts is Not a Hollywood Cliché". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. January 25, 2011.

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• Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.

  Yoko Ono

  Real, Artist, Climate

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• Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.... The real job of every moral teacher is to keep on bringing us back, time after time, to the old simple principles which we are all so anxious not to see; like bringing a horse back and back to the fence it has refused to jump or bringing a child back and back to the bit in its lesson that it wants to shirk.

  C. S. Lewis

  Teacher, Horse, Jobs

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.77, HarperCollins UK

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• There's this Ryan Gosling quote that I steal all the time - I watched an interview with him in Cannes - and he said picking roles is like listening to songs on the radio: There can be a lot of really great songs in a row, but then one comes on that just makes you want to dance.

  Emma Stone

  Song, Listening, Roles

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• It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn't advance the story.

  Frank Yerby

  Writing, Cutting, Knives

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• There's one thing that's really great about waking up early, and it's not jogging or greeting the day - it's just that that's when they make doughnuts.

  Kathy Griffin

  Funny, Witty, Up Early

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• Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

  Martin Amis

  Book, Years, Different

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• All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

  Stephen Coonts

  Adventure, Flying, Dawn

  Stephen Coonts (2010). “The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America”, p.6, Open Road Media

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• To be really great and interesting, you have to be a little crazy. I just don't think one comes without the other.

  Drew Barrymore

  Crazy, Thinking, Interesting

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• I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

  Jeff Bridges

  Movie, Ideas, Directors

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