Setting Quotes

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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. — Charles de Gaulle
I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. — William Gibson
I love it when real science finds a home in a fictional setting, where you take some real core idea of science and weave it… — Brian Greene
In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet… — Dick Gregory
From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that… — Lady Gregory
For my first three books the setting (or place if you will) has always been a given - N.J. and the Dominican Republic and some… — Junot Diaz
Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom. — Tommy Douglas
He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's. — Charles Alexander Eastman
I had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is what I still… — Jesse Eisenberg
Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. — William Feather
I think 'SNL' was such a unique thing because it was material you created and you're very comfortable with it, even though the setting was… — Will Ferrell
To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's important to the… — Harvey Fierstein
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. — Jean de La Fontaine
Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene. — Mark Haddon
I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example. — Geri Halliwell
The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high. — Steve Harvey
It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying… — John Howard
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually… — Washington Irving
And that's the kind of thing people think, you know, that if you sign up to be a singer-songwriter you know how to deal with… — Jessie J

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