Caliber Quotes - Page 3

• My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that contains passages of truth and beauty.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Skills, Two, Painting

  Interview With Simmons B. Buntin, www.terrain.org.

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• What I have noticed which I'm not nuts about that the trend that a lot of shows are hiring the American Idol type of talent without real training and real technique and I think that audiences are smart and sometimes seeing that things are not as high caliber as they were before.

  Hugh Panaro

  Real, Smart, Thinking

  Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 18, 2008.

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• I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and powerful drummer. So underrated, she was the caliber of John Bonham. I am overcome from the loss of my friend. I always told her, we changed the world.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Dream, Powerful

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• When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude a hoax, one can do no less than hear them out, in all seriousness.

  J. Allen Hynek

  Hoaxes, Moral, Common

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• I don't abuse my body, I've been off 10 months, I still train and I'm always thinking about boxing, so I felt like I would be fine and I just wanted to challenge myself against another top caliber fighter.

  Andre Ward

  Motivation, Thinking, Boxing

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• The fact Jeff Teague has never been an All-Star is puzzling to me because he's certainly an All-Star-caliber player.

  Frank Vogel

  Stars, Player, Facts

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• Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

  Matthew Lillard

  Character, Cutting, Past

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

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• Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young actors, I think we were all very, very star-struck and impressed by the caliber of everyone who came out.

  James Norton

  Stars, Thinking, Actors

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• I would never say no to that [marriage] . It hasn't been my path up to this point. I think it would be nice to look forward to that. Meeting somebody of that caliber of "Yes, I want to spend my life with you." Of course, why not. I love the fact that that is legal in every state.

  Dave Koz

  Nice, Thinking, Would Be

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

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• I think that almost every scene was an exploration - it was never going to be just what’s on the page. So I know I was very lucky - we all were - to work with a cast of this caliber. These are extremely experienced and intelligent actors, who are also deeply emotional and - as you say - are also engaged in the world.

  Oren Moverman

  Intelligent, Emotional, Thinking

  "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There are always ups and downs when you lose a player the caliber of Matt Ryan.

  Rich Gunnell

  Player, Ups & Downs, Loses

  Source: prod.www.chiefs.clubs.nfl.com

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• Also, there's the caliber of actors that we keep getting. Lorraine Bracco plays my mom and Chazz Palminteri plays my father, and Brian Dennehy and Donnie Wahlberg have been on the show. And, we've got Billy Burke from Twilight. We've gotten all kinds of fantastic actors. That speaks for itself.

  Angie Harmon

  Mom, Father, Twilight

  "Angie Harmon Interview RIZZOLI & ISLES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 12, 2010.

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• One of the big takeaways from that experience [in Blue Jasmin] was just what a thrill it was to act with somebody like Cate Blanchett operating on that caliber. Because what she was doing was very powerful. T

  Alden Ehrenreich

  Powerful, Blue, Thrill

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's kind of glorious to say, "Oh man, this guy had his career cut short." I'm not calling myself Sandy Koufax by any means. I'm not in that caliber at all, but sometimes it has to end different.

  Prince Fielder

  Mean, Cutting, Men

  Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com

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• We're all pretty proud of it, and we're also standing around, scratching our heads and going, "Wow, this is really good." With the caliber of actors that we have, you really can't got wrong. Not only is it fun, but it's good. It's been really, really great, in that aspect. I totally get what they're doing.

  Angie Harmon

  Fun, Actors, Proud

  "Angie Harmon Interview RIZZOLI & ISLES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 12, 2010.

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• As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you can surprise yourself, and you want to surround yourself with the highest caliber of people that will make you look good.

  Emmy Rossum

  People, Different, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Guy, Thrill, Levels

  Source: deadline.com

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• I've always loved to sing and dance, but the caliber of my talent in those areas obviously is not nearing Patti LuPone or Sutton Foster.

  Emma Stone

  Talent, Areas

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• You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

  John C. Maxwell

  Discouraging, Determine, Persons

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• Quality of life is the sum total of the fairness of our tax structure; the caliber of our homes; the cleanliness of our air and water; and the provision of affirmative assistance to those who cannot assist themselves. True quality is absent if we allow social suffering to abide in an otherwise pristine environment.

  Tom McCall

  Home, Oregon, Air

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• Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once saw a man kill a lion with a 30-30 caliber rifle under certain conditions, but that doesn't mean that a 30-30 rifle is a lion gun.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  War, Mean, Men

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• I don't ever want it to be a question whether I'm a Pro Bowl-caliber player, I believe I'm the best at what I do, and it's my responsibility to play like I'm capable of playing and help this defense as much as possible.

  Derrick Thomas

  Believe, Responsibility, Player

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• I can walk into a gun store in my town and buy military-grade weapons. You'd be shocked by the amount of firepower you can buy - 50 caliber sniper rifles and the same shotguns the Marines carry in Iraq or Afghanistan. It doesn't matter whether I know how to use these things - I can just walk into a store and buy them.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Military, Marine, Gun

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• The history says quarterbacks get paid more than running backs, but I think it depends on the caliber of the player - what you're getting, not just what the position is.

  Reggie Bush

  Running, Player, Thinking

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• Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber.

  Antony Garrett Lisi

  Guy, Academia, Physics

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