Quotes with number-one

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  • Brit Marling One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.
    Brit Marling
    American actress and screenwriter (1982 - )
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  • Bill Nelson One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.
    Bill Nelson
    American attorney and politician (1942 - )
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  • Charles Horton Cooley One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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  • Barack Obama One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Caitlin Moran One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
    Caitlin Moran
    English journalist, author, and broadcaster (1975 - )
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  • Baz Luhrmann One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
    Baz Luhrmann
    Australian director, writer, and producer (1962 - )
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  • Alan Bean One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.
    Alan Bean
    American naval officer and aviator (1932 - 2018)
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  • Carrie Fisher One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Henry Ford One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Carl Sagan One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Ben Okri One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Barbara Smith One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
    Barbara Smith
    American lesbian feminist and socialist (1946 - )
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  • Norman Vincent Peale One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Carl Sandburg One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Walter Bagehot One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Caroline Glick One of the greatest problems for international journalists covering the Middle East is that people who serves as guides for journalists are often affiliated with Islamic terrorists seeking to turn for foreign visitors against Israel.
    Reprinted in Live from NYs 92nd Street Y continues. Vail Daily. October 7, 2007.
    Caroline Glick
    American-born Israeli columnist, journalist and author
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  • Nido Qubein One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.
    Nido Qubein
    American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Josh Billings One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Ziad K. Abdelnour One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.
    Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
    Ziad K. Abdelnour
    American banker (1960 - )
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  • Sebastian Faulks One of the hardest things about being alive is being with other people.
    Engleby (2007)
    Sebastian Faulks
    British novelist, journalist and broadcaster (1953 - )
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