Specific Quotes

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Long ago, I realized that success leaves clues, and that people who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results. I believed that… — Tony Robbins
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable...in large part,… — P.J. O'Rourke
Curious Incident is not a book about asperger's....if anything it's a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising… — Mark Haddon
I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear, specific unequivocal… — Brian Tracy
The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is… — Erving Goffman
Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make… — Cecilia Bartoli
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction. — Georg Simmel
My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place. — Ridley Scott
Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions, whereas the other colours are not....All colours arouse specific associative ideas, psychologically material or tangible, while blue… — Yves Klein
I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles. — Jeri Ryan
The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional… — Marcus Buckingham
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender,… — Kathryn Bigelow
I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I… — Lynn Abbey
There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my… — Diane Arbus
To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that… — Peter L. Berger
An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing. — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed.… — Dan Millman
Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small fraction… — Mike Fitzpatrick
The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of… — Amartya Sen
It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After… — Joan Armatrading

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