Quotes with big-scale

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  • Bill Bryson Roads get wider and busier and less friendly to pedestrians. And all of the development based around cars, like big sprawling shopping malls. Everything seems to be designed for the benefit of the automobile and not the benefit of the human being.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Bono Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Burnie Burns Rooster Teeth has always had a big following in the gamer community, and we are lifelong gamers ourselves.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • Bruce Catton Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America.
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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  • Wilferd Arlan Peterson See it big, and keep it simple.
    Wilferd Arlan Peterson
    American author (1900 - 1995)
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  • Ang Lee Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Henry James She had an unequalled gift... of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Boy George She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Bobby Orr So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.
    Bobby Orr
    Canadian ice hockey player (1948 - )
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  • Burton Richter So now, if we don't fund the physical sciences, where will the Next Big Thing come from?
    Burton Richter
    American physicist (1931 - 2018)
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  • Barbara Boxer So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Ben Stein So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Some of our weakness is born in us, some of it comes through education; it is a big question as to which gives us the most trouble.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record - Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages - you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Burning Spear Some people see life as many steps up and try to forget where they are coming from, you understand? A little step in life on a commercial or a material level is a good step, but a big step does not mean a strong step - you tend to lose your roots - and if you don't be careful, you can fall.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Campbell Brown Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Ben Harper Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Adam Duritz Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear are echoes of some idiot yelling nonsense down a hole.
    Adam Duritz
    American musician and record producer (1964 - )
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  • Douglas Adams Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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