Quotes with big-picture

Quotes 321 till 340 of 648.

  • Billy Corgan Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Bill McKibben Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Caleb Deschanel Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
    Caleb Deschanel
    American cinematographer and director (1944 - )
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  • Oliver Cromwell Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
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  • Bella Thorne My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.
    Bella Thorne
    American actress, model, singer, and director (1997 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg My character is just an extension of me. The in-ring work, the things that will always be said about me: Big, overbearing, powerful, in-your-face, couldn't wrestle - I never needed to wrestle. Why did I need to learn how to wrestle? Did Hulk Hogan need to learn how to wrestle? Nope. Is Hulk Hogan a good athlete? Nope.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Brenda Song My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up, that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time.
    Brenda Song
    American actress (1988 - )
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  • Al Jarreau My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
    Al Jarreau
    American singer and musician (1940 - 2017)
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  • Aaron Carter My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
    Aaron Carter
    American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor (1987 - )
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  • Bill Paxton My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Bruce Sutter My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make school-masters' wives weep with recognition.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Oprah Winfrey My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • Maya Angelou My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Billy Corgan My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Art Linkletter My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another.
    Art Linkletter
    Canadian-born American radio and television personality (1912 - 2010)
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  • Big Smo Myself, I'm just a simple country boy who spent time on the streets and developed a style of writing and rapping and a cool sound that people seem to enjoy.
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  • Abe Fortas Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.
    Abe Fortas
    American lawyer and jurist (1910 - 1982)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Binyavanga Wainaina Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.
    Binyavanga Wainaina
    Kenyan author and journalist (1971 - 2019)
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