Amazing Things Quotes - Page 8

• The amazing thing about any movie is not whether it's good, but that it got made at all.

  Frank Darabont

  Made

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• This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

  Bill Gates

  Library, Computer, Phenomenon

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• We can sit and worry about what's going to happen to us two weeks from now. I'd rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Two, Worry, Focus

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Party, Hero, Fighting

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• The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one and only. He was one of the greatest Blues players that I ever heard and played with. Nobody can play like Sweets man, nobody! Most of us, musicians, frequently quote Sweets' phrases in our solos. Like Lester Young, Sweets had a big influence on us musicians, especially when we play some Blues.

  Ray Brown

  Sweet, Unique, Player

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• You have a great road map when you play somebody that exists. That's the amazing thing. But then you have great limitations from that road map. It's hard to deviate from it creatively as an actor. It's like, "Oh wait, he'd never do that."

  Jeremy Renner

  Play, Waiting, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I was kind of amazed because I first found out about blue boxes in an article in Esquire magazine labeled fiction. That article was the most truthful article I've ever read in my life... That article was so truthful, and it told about a mistake in the phone company that let you dial phone calls anywhere in the world. What an amazing thing to discover.

  Steve Wozniak

  Mistake, Phones, Blue

  "A Chat with Computing Pioneer Steve Wozniak". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. September 29, 2006.

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• It's wonderful. It's amazing. I mean we have such a great music scene and art scene and there's just a great group of young people, you know, temping their way through their 20's doing other amazing things. And I've been in...I spent like 10 years working here without ever having been shooting in Toronto. And it's so frustrating because it's a great city. And I remember seeing Montreal actually used as Montreal in that Ed Norton-Robert DeNiro.

  Alison Pill

  Art, Mean, Cities

  Source: collider.com

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• Amazing things happen when you're having fun and doing something you love.

  Jenna Lyons

  Fun, Something You Love, Happens

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• I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.

  Madchen Amick

  Thinking, Television, Twins

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

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• That certain feeling happened to me in a big way quite often with the first King Crimson. Amazing things would happen-I mean, telepathy, qualities of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music. You can't tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music.

  Robert Fripp

  Kings, Mean, Feelings

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• After A Perfect Storm came out, I heard from a young reader, who had suffered a similar background as Arizona, that I had helped her to find peace. That was the most amazing thing in the world to me.

  Lori Foster

  Perfect, Storm, World

  "Interview: Lori Foster, 'Bare It All'". Interview with Joyce Lamb, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. May 1, 2013.

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• Because every time someone finds a new animal, or a new amazing thing on earth, it means we haven't broken everything yet.

  Maria Dahvana Headley

  Mean, Animal, Broken

  Maria Dahvana Headley (2015). “Magonia”, p.11, HarperCollins

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• We are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness is the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason.

  Iris Murdoch

  Secret, Inward, Most Amazing

  Iris Murdoch (2001). “The Sea, The Sea”, p.159, Penguin

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• When you're shooting a movie you are away from home most of the time. It's an amazing thing that we get to do what we get to do, but you definitely are away from the family more than you'd like to be.

  Adam Sandler

  Home, Shooting, Away From Home

  Source: movieweb.com

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• God has plans and purposes for each of our lives. But the beauty is that He doesn't call us and leave us on our own. Jesus actually lives in us to pull off the amazing things that He has invited us into.

  Louie Giglio

  Jesus, Purpose, God Has A Plan

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• Is it not an amazing thing, that men shall attempt to investigate the mystery of the redemption, when, at the same time that it is propounded to us as an article of faith solely, we are told that "the very angels have desired to pry into it in vain"?

  Laurence Sterne

  Angel, Men, Redemption

  Laurence Sterne (1805). “The Works of Laurence Sterne, A. M.: A sentimental journey through France and Italy. The Koran: or, The life, character and sentiments of Tria Juncta in Uno. A political romance”, p.379

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• The core community is passionate about quality and getting it right. If you want to read some good criticisms of Wikipedia, probably the best place to go is to the Wikipedia article called 'criticisms of Wikipedia'... It was either the dumbest thing or the smartest thing I ever did. The dumbest thing for the obvious reasons, but the smartest thing because I don't think it could have had nearly as much impact as it has. One of the key things that inspired people to put a lot into it (was the charity aspect).

  Jimmy Wales

  Community, Abuse, Wikipedia

  "The Wisdom of One" by Nick Miller, www.theage.com.au. April 25, 2007.

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• The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. The gift of motherhood is the selflessness that it introduces you to, and I think that's really freeing... I think it allows you to put yourself in other people's shoes...the empathy that it slugs you with, being a mother. And I think it makes you a better storyteller.

  Olivia Wilde

  Mother, Thinking, Shoes

  "Olivia Wilde Talks Motherhood and Son Otis: 'He's Amazing in Every Way'" by Brett Malec, www.eonline.com. October 29, 2014.

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• I think those little laundry detergent capsules are an amazing thing to have.

  Josh Brolin

  Thinking, Littles, Laundry

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• The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.

  Ben Whishaw

  People, Finding Yourself, Looks

  "Interview: Actor Ben Whishaw on 'Cloud Atlas' + Playing Q in 'Skyfall'". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. October 31, 2012.

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• I had an unorthodox high-school experience; I shifted around to different schools. When I got to college and met Larry Sacharow, who ran the theatre department [at Fordham University in NYC], he was the first person to say ‘I believe in you.’ At that point, I just needed someone to say ‘I see you, I get you, let’s go.’ It’s an amazing thing to borrow someone else’s confidence in you; it can change your life.

  Taylor Schilling

  Believe, School, College

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• I don't want to wake up and not truly be enjoying my life and these amazing things around me.

  LeAnn Rimes

  Wake Up, Want, Enjoy

  "LeAnn Rimes Is Feeling 'Better, Stronger' in Treatment, Says Pal" by Marisa Laudadio, people.com. September 5, 2012.

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• Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.

  Carly Schroeder

  Play, Wake Up

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

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• In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and its obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they can also bring you lots of opportunities to do amazing things.

  Katherine Webb

  Opportunity, Looks, Toes

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