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Stars Quotes

"The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well."

"The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well."

Diego Maradona, Argentinian Athlete

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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

Charles A. Beard, American Historian

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"The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter."

"The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter."

Sally Ride, American Astronaut

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"Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face."

"Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face."

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

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"His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations."

"His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."

"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."

Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier

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"We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them."

"We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them."

John Webster, English Playwright

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"Reach for the stars."

"Reach for the stars."

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

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"As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential."

"As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential."

William Goldman, American Novelist

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"It all depended on the cut. Some of them were really on the ship. Some were really on the set. Like if they had the stars for a week, the stars coming off, that was usually on the set, except if we were on location for that particular show."

"It all depended on the cut. Some of them were really on the ship. Some were really on the set. Like if they had the stars for a week, the stars coming off, that was usually on the set, except if we were on location for that particular show."

Gavin MacLeod, American Actor

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"I wouldn't say pop stars hit on me - that's just stuff the papers make up."

"I wouldn't say pop stars hit on me - that's just stuff the papers make up."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

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"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars."

"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars."

Ben Stein, American Actor

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"Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone."

"Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone."

A. R. Ammons, American Poet

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"The only thing I know is that we came from the stars, and that we have the same material as the stars. That's all that I know. Everything else I don't know."

"The only thing I know is that we came from the stars, and that we have the same material as the stars. That's all that I know. Everything else I don't know."

Sonia Braga, Brazilian Actress

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"You know what shows today are missing? Stars."

"You know what shows today are missing? Stars."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

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"Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They're kept happy and nutritionally together."

"Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They're kept happy and nutritionally together."

Courtney Love, American Musician

24

"You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that."

"You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that."

Mark Hamill, American Actor

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"Those who build beneath the stars build too low."

"Those who build beneath the stars build too low."

Edward Young, English Poet

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"I don't know how we had about eighteen international stars in it, all playing James Bond."

"I don't know how we had about eighteen international stars in it, all playing James Bond."

Val Guest, British Director

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"I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone."

"I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

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"This dark brightness that falls from the stars."

"This dark brightness that falls from the stars."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs."

"We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs."

Jared Diamond, American Author

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"Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me."

"Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me."

James Daly, American Actor

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"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."

"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."

Oscar Robertson, American Athlete

Stars, Television, Want

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"More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise."

"More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars."

"And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars."

William Styron, American Novelist

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"And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw."

"And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw."

Edmund Spenser, English Poet

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"Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe."

"Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Stars, Universe

21

"Turn your scars into stars."

"Turn your scars into stars."

Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

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"I feel there is a curse on rock stars."

"I feel there is a curse on rock stars."

Marc Bolan, British Musician

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"I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in."

"I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in."

Mort Walker, American Artist

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"I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself."

"I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

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"The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years."

"The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years."

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch Athlete

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"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars."

"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

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"The stars are matter, we're matter, but it doesn't matter."

"The stars are matter, we're matter, but it doesn't matter."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

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"You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is."

"You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Stars, Teenagers, Thinking

20

"You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable."

"You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable."

Cathy Freeman, Australian Athlete

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"We had to leave Australia to become international stars."

"We had to leave Australia to become international stars."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

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"And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive."

"And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive."

Damon Albarn, English Musician

18

"It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions."

"It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature."

"A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature."

Loretta Young, American Actress

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"Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe."

"Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe."

Annie Jump Cannon, American Scientist

Stars, Universe

16

"I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see."

"I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

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"Your chilly stars I can forgo, this warm kind world is all I know."

"Your chilly stars I can forgo, this warm kind world is all I know."

William Johnson Cory, English Poet

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"When it gets dark enough you can see the stars."

"When it gets dark enough you can see the stars."

Russell Lynes, American Critic

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"An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down."

"An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record."

"Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

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"Pop stars should not eat."

"Pop stars should not eat."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

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"There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure."

"There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

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"There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers."

"There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

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