Specific Quotes

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Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von… — Ellie Kemper
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to… — Boris Kodjoe
American companies spend more than $200 billion each year hacking women's bodies into bits and pieces, urging comparisons between self and other, linking value to… — Caroline Knapp
AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching. — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
We should be most careful about retreating from the specific challenge of our age. We should be reluctant to turn our back upon the frontier… — James A. Michener
I wasn't raised with a specific religion. I wasn't raised to judge people in any way. — Kristin Kreuk
There isn't a specific person in my mind that I'd want to play. Yet. — Kristin Kreuk
When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its… — Peter Zumthor
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think… — Peter Zumthor
In the doctrine of Providence, we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is no general, vague notion… — G. C. Berkouwer
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken. — Adele
We ain't gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we're gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political… — Fred Hampton
I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They were… — Kendrick Lamar
Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also… — Janet Yellen
Goals are harmful unless they guide you to make specific behaviors easier to do. Donâ€™t focus your motivation on doing Behavior X. Instead, focus on… — B. J. Fogg
Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed… — Carl David Anderson
The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto. — Chris Hardwick
You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision. — Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt, — Jim Rogers
The more I find life to be a great design, the more I suspect it to be singular in existence; the more I suspect it… — Kedar Joshi

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