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1 " A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it. "
― Stephen Richards , Boost Your Self Esteem
2 " Amy turned to Nellie. " Can you create a diversion to draw the clerk outside?" The au pair was wary. " What kind of diversion?" " You could pretend to be lost," Dan proposed. " The guy comes out to give you directions, and we slip inside." " That's the most sexist idea I've ever heard," Nellie said harshly. " I'm female, so I have to be clueless. He's male, so he's got a great sense of direc "
3 " Renton looks at her and sees her pain and anger. It cuts himup. It confuses him. Kelly has a great sense of humour. What's wrong with her? The knee–jerkthought: Wrong time of the' month is forming in his head when he looks about and picks up theintonations of the laughter around the bar. It's not funny laughter.This is lynch mob laughter.How was ah tae know, he thinks. How the fuck was ah tae know? "
― Irvine Welsh , Trainspotting (Mark Renton #2)
4 " Food and sex have been bound together for a long time. I guess this is due to the intimate connection between the two most powerful instincts that predominate in life: the instinct to survive and the instinct to multiply. Nourishment and sex give us a great sense of pleasure. Having the wisdom to satisfy both desires—for food and sex—is the art of living well. I truly believe that this wisdom lies within us all. "
― , The Warrior Diet
5 " In spite of her plainness that would have made wallflowers of other women, she radiated a great sense of self-importance. "
― , The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
6 " This is what Kirkus Reviews has to say about CW McCoy and PEAK SEASON: “CW is a great character. Widmer has a great sense of place "
7 " Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are free from the grasp, not of one mad master only, but of many. "
― Plato , The Republic
8 " Let us move into the New Year with a great sense of the thrill of living. "
― Norman Vincent Peale , You Can If You Think You Can
9 " Interestingly enough, whenever I cite examples from superhero comic books in a lecture, my students never wonder when they will use this information in their " real life" . Apparently they all have plans, post-graduation, that involve protecting the City from all threat while wearing spandex. As a law-abiding citizen, this notion fills me with a great sense of security, knowing as I do how many of my scientist colleagues could charitably be termed " mad" . "
10 " one evangelical scientist who had felt his doubts falling away from him when he was hiking in the mountains and came upon a frozen waterfall—in fact a trinity of a frozen waterfall, with three parts to it. “At that moment, I felt my resistance leave me. And it was a great sense of relief. "
― Rebecca Goldstein , 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction
11 " leave me. And it was a great sense of relief. The "
12 " My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps. "
13 " I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people. "
14 " As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis. "
15 " Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies. "
16 " My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too. "
17 " Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor. "
18 " I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering. "
19 " Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey - I'm pretty sure - doesn't have a great sense of humor. I mean, let's be honest: she's ridiculous. What is her game plan? "
20 " I have a need to always make people laugh. I have a desperate need. I love a great sense of humor. The people I sort of surround myself with have that. "
