Great Things Quotes - Page 36

• The great thing that guys like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and the Google guys have in common is they treat their technology like it's art, and I suppose in the hands of virtuosos like them, it is.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Art, Technology, Hands

  "Harvey Weinstein's favorite mistake", www.newsweek.com. March 6, 2011.

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• We doubt not the destiny of our country that she is to accomplish great things for human nature, and be the mother of a nobler race than the world has yet known. But she has been so false to the scheme made out at her nativity, that it is now hard to say which way that destiny points.

  Margaret Fuller

  Country, Mother, Destiny

  Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1874). “Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke”, p.108

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• The sense of tragedy is that the world is not a pleasant little nest made for our protection, but a vast and largely hostile environment, in which we can achieve great things only by defying the gods; and that this defiance inevitably brings its own punishment.

  Norbert Wiener

  Punishment, Tragedy, World

  Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.184, Da Capo Press

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• The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a greater thing to be the man who did the most with the home runs he hit. So as long as there's a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice now and then, or a little opportunity here and there, I intend to do as I always have -- keep swinging.

  Hank Aaron

  Running, Home, Opportunity

  Hank Aaron (2009). “I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• That's one of the great thing about writing is that you get to be in someone's head.

  Lauren Conrad

  Writing

  "Lauren Conrad – Sweet Little Lies Interview". Interview with Toni-Marie Ippolito, www.tribute.ca. February 2, 2010.

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• I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas.

  Abi Morgan

  Thinking, Ideas, Theatre

  Source: collider.com

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• The great thing about music is that whatever you're into, you see new possibilities.

  Julia Gillard

  Possibility, Music Is, New Possibilities

  "Julia Gillard: 20 people, 20 questions". www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2013.

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• To a female superhero her sexiness is not the most important thing about her, it's her mind, her spirit, and when I look at that character that to me is an example of characters that I like to play and I think it does a great thing for women.

  Jessica Chastain

  Character, Thinking, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• God is a good God, and that he's on our side, and that he has great things in store and I believe that as we receive the forgiveness that Christ came and was born and died to give us, then we can live a great life.

  Joel Osteen

  Believe, Giving, Sides

  "Pastor Joel Osteen on 'FNS'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 23, 2007.

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• I don't think I'm craving any more fame. But success and being recognized for making great work all around the world, I think it's a great thing.

  John Legend

  Thinking, World, Fame

  "John Legend talks on music, wedding, Kanye, Syria, more". Interview with The Associated Press, www.denverpost.com. September 10, 2013.

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• The great thing about visual horror films is there's real potential for strong, beautiful imagery. It's the one genre that really lends itself to creating strong images. And I've always loved that idea of windmills - your mind aimlessly spinning.

  Tim Burton

  Beautiful, Strong, Real

  "Tim Burton - part four". Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2000.

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• Everyone is a photographer now, remember. That's the great thing about photography.

  Martin Parr

  Photography, Photographer, Remember

  "An Interview with Martin Parr – “Boundaries Merely Exist in People's Minds” (2007)". Interview with Maarten Dings, Joachim Naudts, www.americansuburbx.com. May 17, 2010.

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• The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

  George H. W. Bush

  Honor, George H W Bush

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• There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Liberty, Want

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• The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

  Thomas Huxley

  Respect, Self, World

  Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.261, Cambridge University Press

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• Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Inspiration, Men, Thinking

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• The great thing about Dallas is there's no paparazzi.

  Jessica Simpson

  Dallas, Paparazzi

  "Jessica in Love!". Interview with Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. April 29, 2008.

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• The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.

  Paul Stanley

  Rocks, Hiking, Mountain

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• The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I think that when you're purchasing a piece of art it's a tremendous bonus to get to meet the artist because you get a chance to pick their brain a bit and find out first hand what the piece is about for the artist.

  Paul Stanley

  Art, Thinking, Hands

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• And really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? I'm betting some of those women would like to do great things of their own.

  Jessica Valenti

  People, Insulting, Incredibles

  Jessica Valenti (2012). “Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for every believing soul. He longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will be given you.

  Ellen G. White

  Spiritual, Believe, Men

  Ellen G. White (1941). “Christ's Object Lessons”

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• Dr. Everest, got up and gave us a little pep talk. Mostly it boiled down to the fact that it was autumn, and everyone was back, and while that was a great thing, people better not get cocky or misbehave or he'd personally kill us all. He didn't actually say those words, but that was the subtext.

  Maureen Johnson

  Cocky, Autumn, People

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• Because of the lingering discrimination, many women still lack confidence. They live in fear of stepping beyond what they feel is acceptable 'female' behavior. I can remember feeling that I wasn't 'normal' because I was aggressive, had dreams and goals, and wanted do do great things...I am glad now that I found courage to do something radical and chase my dreams.

  Joyce Meyer

  Dream, Goal, Feelings

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• And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.

  George Orwell

  Bed, Boots, Stills

  George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.243, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Even now one rarely hears of people achieving great things unless they first stumble in some respect.

  Meister Eckhart

  People, Firsts, Achieve

  Eckhart (Meister) (1963). “Treatises and sermons of Meister Eckhart”

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