Big Stuff Quotes

• There's a lot of dark horror, and a lot of sci-fi fantasy that's great, but what gets hyped a lot the big stuff. The most expensive stuff gets hyped a lot, and I love it, don't get me wrong, but there's things that fall through the cracks.

  Robert Englund

  Fall, Dark, Cracks

  Source: bloody-disgusting.com

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• Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few people ever get to see. The part we think of as 'me.' The part that deals with the big stuff. Makes the real choices. The part everything else is a reflection of.

  Kurt Busiek

  Real, Reflection, Thinking

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• Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

  Jane Bryant Quinn

  Smart, Cards, Credit

  Jane Bryant Quinn (2006). “Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned

  Orlando Bloom

  Independent, Careers, Interesting

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• I used to say... 'Don't sweat the small stuff - not even the big stuff.' At the end of the day, none of it matters but your own joy, your own spiritual journey that you go on, God, your loved ones, your friends, your animals. These are the things you've got to cherish and love and embrace.

  Christina Applegate

  Spiritual, Animal, Journey

  "Christina Applegate: Why I had a double mastectomy". www.cnn.com. October 14, 2008.

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• It seemed cruelly unfair to me, even then, how fast your life can change before you have an opportunity to rethink your choices. We should get second chances on the big stuff. We should come equipped with erasers attached to the tops of our heads. Like pencils. We should be able to flip over and scribble away mistakes, at least once or twice during the duration of our existence, especially in matters of life and death.

  Tiffanie DeBartolo

  Mistake, Opportunity, Second Chance

  Tiffanie DeBartolo (2002). “God Shaped Hole: A Novel”, p.101, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• Any strategy that involves crossing a valley accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.

  Neal Stephenson

  Distance, Loss, Valleys

  FaceBook post by Neal Stephenson from Oct 02, 2011

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• I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and how to hold onto love -- all that big stuff. And I'm starting to realize that it can happen at any age. I know people who are in their 50s who are figuring out what they want and who they are, and I think it's great. It's like you're always approaching life as a beginner.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Thinking, Who I Am, Ideas

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• For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.

  Philip Gerard

  Writing, Littles, Stuff

  Philip Gerard (2000). “Writing a Book That Makes a Difference”, Story Press

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• What I try to encourage individuals to do is don't sweat the small stuff, sweat the big stuff.

  Chip Giller

  Sweat, Trying, Stuff

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• We've figured out our roles: I wanted someone to take care of the male roles - the big stuff - and Laird [Hamilton] does that very well. I'm here to be the mom and make it better for him, and that's my choice.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Mom, Choices, Care

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the Winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis in Malibu, California, shop.lairdhamilton.com. December 1, 2014.

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• When you have a big heart and big stuff, anything is possible.

  Francisco Rodriguez

  Heart, Stuff, Bigs

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• I often say that I don't worry about the meaning of life-I can't handle that big stuff. What concerns me is the meaning in life-day by day, hour by hour, while I'm doing whatever it is I do. What counts is not what I do, but how I think about myself while I'm doing it.

  Robert Fulghum

  Thinking, Worry, Meaning Of Life

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.68, Ivy Books

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• People come and go around you, but you're never the one getting the big stuff. I like that.

  David Spade

  Stuff I Like, People, Bigs

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• I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like why aren't I happier? With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.

  Jason Reitman

  Character, Successful, Trying

  "Jason Reitman: 'Growing up sucks, doesn't it?'". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2012.

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• When the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

  Mitt Romney

  Needs, World, Stuff

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you've got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.

  Francis Chan

  Risk, Want, Stuff

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• When a girl uses six derogatory adjectives in her attempt to paint the portrait of the loved one, it means something. One may indicate a merely temporary tiff. Six is big stuff.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Girl, Mean, Adjectives

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• ...I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I'm totally ready to handle the big stuff.

  Libba Bray

  Guy, Stuff, Lasts

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.106, Scholastic Inc.

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• All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone.

  Terry Pratchett

  Trying, Shooting, World

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24)”, p.452, Random House

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• When you take time , often to reflect on the miracle of life - the miracle that you are even able to read this book - the gift of sight ,of love and all the rest , it can hep to remind you that many of the things that you think as "big stuff" are really just "small stuff" that you are turning into big tuff

  Richard Carlson

  Book, Thinking, Sight

  Richard Carlson (2011). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff”, p.5, Hachette UK

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• We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.

  Kelly Corrigan

  Stuff Happens, Bigs, Ready

  Kelly Corrigan (2014). “Lift: An inspirational letter of love from a mother to her children”, p.26, Hachette UK

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• As if fixing the little errors would made the big stuff manageable.

  Melissa Marr

  Errors, Littles, Stuff

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• But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

  Michael W. Smith

  God, Stuff, Bigs

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• I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

  Mitt Romney

  Humility, Unique, Optimism

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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