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To treat a big subject in the intensely summarized fashion demanded by an evening's traffic of the stage when the evening, freely clipped at each… — Henry James
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a… — Alan Rickman
I have a large personal collection of pictures. For every project, I choose images. Usually I don't do this until I've done an extensive script… — Christine Jones
The shaman/priest/artist/teacher/leader does not operate for the sole benefit of herself and her kind but for the benefit of the people at large and of… — Judy Grahn
The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond… — Ben Harper
My first memory is of the brightness of light ... light all around. I was sitting among pillows on a quilt on the ground ...… — Georgia O'Keeffe
I don't like small birds. They hop around so merrily outside my window, looking so innocent. but I know that secretly, they're watching my every… — Jack Handey
The Internet is clearly about more than sports scores and email now. It's a place where we can conduct our democracy and get very large… — Frank James
Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a one… — Giuseppe Verdi
Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires — Bertrand Russell
Next time you're stunned by a large moon on the horizon, bend over and view it between your legs. The effect goes away entirely. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to… — Swami Vivekananda
Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores. — Wystan Hugh Auden
...wisdom is in large part the knowledge of how to avoid doing dumb things, and thus grows globally as a function of the published inventory… — Tim Bray
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within… — Alexander Kotov
Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity… — Seth Godin
If you want to be a person with a large vision, you must cultivate the habit of doing the little things well. — Charles R. Swindoll
I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't… — Maurice Ashley
I had always dared to dream large, but even this black kid~ez_rsquo~s imagination could not have come close to inventing the storybook success that I… — Kevin Clash
The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered… — Hernando Cortes

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