Bigger Quotes - Page 19

• Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

  Bill Budge

  Littles, Way, Program

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• It’s so easy to think that we’re the only ones who suffer, while other people are somehow immune to pain, as though they’d been born with some kind of special knowledge about being happy, that, through some cosmic accident, we never received. Thinking in this way, we make our own problems seem much bigger than they really are.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Pain, Thinking, People

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• I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE.

  Janis Joplin

  Rocks, Ladders, Want

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• What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Becoming, Action, Schemes

  Anna Deavere Smith (2008). “Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts-For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind”, p.37, Anchor

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• As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.

  Sam Altman

  Long, Beats, Company

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• The power of growth, of improvement, the power to overcome all stagnation and break through every obstacle and transform a barren wasteland into a verdant field - that unstoppable power of hope resides right within your own heart. It wells up from the rich earth of your innermost being when you face the future without doubt or fear: "I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being."

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Heart, Break Through, Hopeful

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• Happiness is the peace of mind that comes from feeling that I am living a worthy life in the company of people I love and in the service of something bigger than myself.

  Michael Josephson

  People, Feelings, Mind

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• In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Great’s expanding Russia, bigger than Songhay in the Sahel or powerful Great Zimbabwe in the West Africa tablelands, bigger than the cresting Ottoman Empire, bigger than the Triple Alliance (as the Aztec empire is more precisely known), bigger by far than any European state, the Inka dominion extended over a staggering thirty-two degrees of latitude—as if a single power held sway from St. Petersburg to Cairo.

  Charles C. Mann

  Powerful, Russia, Aztec

  Charles C. Mann (2006). “1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus”, p.74, Vintage

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• An individual's yearning to reach outside his life is a seed of greatness waiting for a stream of inspiration. Carving that stream to people's hearts is a simpler task if the endeavor you are leading them into is attached to a bigger story.

  Mac Anderson

  Inspiration, Heart, Greatness

  Mac Anderson, Tom Feltenstein (2015). “Change Is Good...You Go First: 21 Ways to Inspire Change”, p.83, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

  Fantasia Barrino

  Lips, Talent, Bigs

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• Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.

  Alan Dundes

  Moving, Cities, People

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• And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

  Patricia Ireland

  Men, Law, Discipline

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• The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Moving, Nfl, Stronger

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• The human heart is bigger than the world.

  Carlos Bulosan

  Heart, Generosity, Novelists

  Carlos Bulosan (1973). “America is In the Heart: A Personal History”, p.225, University of Washington Press

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• Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs.

  Nick Park

  Dog, Cat, Names

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• I wouldn't say I'm bigger than Jesus. If I had to guess, I'd say probably, yeah, but as far as I know, the bible is never clear on this.

  Zach Braff

  Jesus, Yeah, Clear

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• Bigger than the Beatles? Well, how many grammys did they win? Exactly, none, yet I have one, and I've never even released a CD.

  Zach Braff

  Winning, Cds, Wells

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• I believe the general consensus is the bigger it is, the more women flock to you. I guess its a good thing mine is HUGE!

  Zach Braff

  Believe, Good Things, Flocks

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• It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.

  Arthur Eddington

  War, Distance, Mean

  Arthur Eddington (2012). “New Pathways in Science: Messenger Lectures (1934)”, p.163, Cambridge University Press

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• But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

  Don Nickles

  Looks, Buying, Grew

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• I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Thinking, Looks, Television

  Tacoma News Tribune, blogs.wsj.com. May 23, 2001.

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• Journalists are bigger terrorists than terrorists themselves.

  Asif Ali Zardari

  Terrorist, Journalist

  "Candid blooper". www.thehoot.org. January 22, 2009.

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• Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength

  Helio Gracie

  Art, Stronger, Technique

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• When you do Jiu Jitsu, you won't look at a bigger guy and say 'oh no', you'll look and say 'how interesting!'

  Rener Gracie

  Art, Interesting, Guy

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• Be a good example and a positive ambassador for vegan living, and be patient and understanding with people who aren't vegan. Support any move non-vegans make away from animal consumption toward plant-based eating. Nurture even small positive steps, as these tend to empower people and build momentum toward bigger steps.

  Gene Baur

  Moving, Animal, People

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