Bigger Quotes - Page 26

• The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.

  Laozi

  Country, People, Taoism

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• In your life’s journey, there will be excitement and fulfillment, boredom and routine, and even the occasional train wreck… But when you have picked a dream that is bigger than you personally, that truly reflects the ideals that you cherish, and that can positively affect others, then you will always have another reason for carrying on.

  Pamela Melroy

  Dream, Journey, Train Wrecks

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• Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.

  Adrian McKinty

  Animal, Dna, Patterns

  Adrian McKinty (2016). “The Sean Duffy Collection”, p.278, Serpent's Tail

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• People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.

  Robyn Hitchcock

  Numbers, People, Groups

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• I need to solve the problem. It's no different from how am I going to get my son out the door when he needs to go to school. It's a bigger version of that same type of problem.

  Anne Wojcicki

  School, Son, Doors

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• Markets really matter. Because the bigger the market, the more targets there are for the missile to hit.

  Josh Kopelman

  Target, Matter, Missiles

  "Founders and Heat Seeking Missiles" by Josh Kopelman, www.businessinsider.com. August 17, 2010.

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• School kids don't know the world is a million times bigger than school's version of it.

  Sandra Dodd

  School, Kids, World

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• I do know this, though: I’m done pretending that the handful of racist gay white men out there—and they’re out there, and I think they’re scum—are a bigger problem for African Americans, gay and straight, than the huge numbers of homophobic African Americans are for gay Americans, whatever their color…I’ll eat my shorts if gay and lesbian voters went for McCain at anything approaching the rate that black voters went for Prop 8.

  Dan Savage

  Gay, Men, Thinking

  "2008 Black Homophobia". slog.thestranger.com. November 5, 2008.

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• Grace doesn't obsess with ourselves. It obsesses with people and with brokenness. This is a hard place to live, but God is bigger than hard places to live.

  Cathleen Falsani

  People, Grace, Places To Live

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.81, Harper Collins

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• I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.

  Maurice Ashley

  Games, Interesting, People

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• Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself

  Gary Comer

  Worry, Bigger And Better, Care

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• There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law,I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.Some of the promises,it's true,you make to young,before you really have an understanding of what they mean.But once you've made those first promises,other promises are called for.And the thing is you can't deny the new ones without betraying the old ones.The promises get bigger,there are more people to be hurt and disappointed if you don't live up to them.Then, at some point, your called upon to make a promise to a dying man.

  Paul Castellano

  Hurt, Mean, Men

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• 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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• We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Art, Reality, Discipline

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• I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

  Meg Ryan

  Letting Go, Thinking, Capacity To Love

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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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• I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner.

  Sarah Polley

  World, Want, Ends

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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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• The bigger the headquarters the more decadent the company.

  James Goldsmith

  Headquarters, Company

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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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