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"I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid."

"I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

Quality, People

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"The temporal quality of all things was being firmly impressed upon me."

"The temporal quality of all things was being firmly impressed upon me."

George Peppard, American Actor

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"What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?"

"What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?"

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

Quality, Innovation, Quantity, Years

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"Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods."

"Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Quality, People, Magic, Realism

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"The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes."

"The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

Quality, Control

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"I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations."

"I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations."

Jason Biggs, American Actor

Quality, End, Outcasts

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"I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world."

"I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Quality, Cinema, Effect, Now

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"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Quality, Difference, Fashion, Style

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"There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it."

"There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it."

Beck, American Musician

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"I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy."

"I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy."

Frank Knox, American Public Servant

Quality, Thought, Progress, Liberal

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"In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought."

"In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Quality, Genius, Thought, Character

38

"It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult."

"It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Quality, Acting, College, Parents

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"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."

"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."

Moliere, French Playwright

Quality, People

38

"I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but Halle Berry. Not only does she have obvious audience appeal and star quality, but she's a damn good actress too."

"I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but Halle Berry. Not only does she have obvious audience appeal and star quality, but she's a damn good actress too."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Quality, Obvious, Popular, Woman

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"Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality."

"Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality."

Richard Krajicek, Dutch Athlete

Quality, Joy, Play, Tennis

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"Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film."

"Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film."

Michael Apted, British Director

Quality, Film, Now, Obvious

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"The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different times; it must be attributed in the best cases physiologically to the medium, intellectually to the control."

"The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different times; it must be attributed in the best cases physiologically to the medium, intellectually to the control."

Oliver Joseph Lodge, English Physicist

Quality, Control, Sophistication, State

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"If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect."

"If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Quality, Echo, Effect, Trees

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"Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills."

"Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills."

Debbie Stabenow, American Politician

Quality, Children, Fun, Help

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"The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity."

"The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity."

Hugh Shelton, American Soldier

Quality, Truth, First, Quantity

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"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Quality, Disney, Trying

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"The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand."

"The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver."

"In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Quality, Sense, Symbol

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"Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman."

"Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman."

James F. Cooper, American Novelist

Quality, Breeding, Candor, Gentleman

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"What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity."

"What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity."

Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor

Quality, Celebrity, Danger

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"The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best."

"The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Quality, Achievement, Accomplishments, Man

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"I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality."

"I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Quality, Illness, Memory, Name

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"It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble."

"It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble."

John Keegan, English Historian

Quality, Compromise, Politicians, Trouble

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"We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."

"We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."

Gavin Newsom, American Politician

Quality, Development, Character

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"Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to."

"Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to."

Richard Krajicek, Dutch Athlete

Quality, Tennis

36

"Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer."

"Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer."

Rick Pitino, American Athlete

Quality, Ability, Excellence

36

"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."

"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

Quality, Leader

36

"You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality."

"You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality."

Vic Morrow, American Actor

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"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Quality, People, Company

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"When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions."

"When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions."

Robert Jackson, American Statesman

Quality, Books, Court, Opinions

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"I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn't and it really doesn't have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips."

"I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn't and it really doesn't have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

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"In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries."

"In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries."

Jerry Costello, American Politician

Quality, Day, Earth, Improvement

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"So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have the same quality of a visit. There is not going to be a ranger out on the trail to tell them about the important cultural and historic areas within the Olympic National Park."

"So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have the same quality of a visit. There is not going to be a ranger out on the trail to tell them about the important cultural and historic areas within the Olympic National Park."

Norm Dicks, American Politician

Quality, People, Summer, Visit

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"There is a lot of use of ProTools in professional studios, but this is mostly for the special effects it allows, not for sound quality. These special effects soon fall out of fashion, and I don't think this trend will define studios permanently."

"There is a lot of use of ProTools in professional studios, but this is mostly for the special effects it allows, not for sound quality. These special effects soon fall out of fashion, and I don't think this trend will define studios permanently."

Steve Albini, American Musician

Quality, Fashion, Sound, Will

36

"What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines."

"What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

Quality, Internet, Voice

36

"Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances."

"Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

Quality, Circumstances, Youth

35

"Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality."

"Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

35

"I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality."

"I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

Quality, Thought, Interest

35

"The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice."

"The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

Quality, Control, Hearing, Reading

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"The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy."

"The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy."

Timothy Geithner, American Public Servant

Quality, Policy, Achievement, Income

35

"Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears."

"Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears."

Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian Composer

Quality, Remembrance

35

"Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill."

"Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

35

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Quality, People, Ideas, Key

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"Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality."

"Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

Quality, Thought, Reflection, Television

35

"The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly."

"The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly."

George Stigler, American Economist

Quality, Chicago, Economics

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