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It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by… — Christopher Alexander
I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot… — Kate Bush
You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional… — Sophia Bush
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. — Samuel Butler
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you,… — Samuel Butler
For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did… — Smedley Butler
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. — A. S. Byatt
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in… — David Byrne
Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many… — Gabriel Byrne
I was motivated to improve the U.S. strategy of going back to the moon in 1985. That's a long time ago. Going back to the… — Buzz Aldrin
If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye… — Buzz Aldrin
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment. — Lord Byron
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. — Lord Byron
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all. — Lord Byron
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. — Lord Byron
They never fail who die in a great cause. — Lord Byron
My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to… — James Caan
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very… — Julius Caesar
Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold. — Nicolas Cage
Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity. — Nicolas Cage
Every great story seems to begin with a snake. — Nicolas Cage
I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's… — Nicolas Cage
I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and I would like to take… — Nicolas Cage
I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration… — Nicolas Cage
Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to be… — Nicolas Cage

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