Biggy Quotes

• There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart.

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  Stephen King

  Heart   Long   Biggie  

  Stephen King (2006). “Lisey's Story: A Novel”, p.332, Simon and Schuster

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• There's four biggies. There was Elizabeth I, George III, Victoria, and the current queen, who really dominated four eras.

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  Geoffrey Rush

  Queens   Biggie   Eras  

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• Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

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  Andrew Schneider

  Meaningful   Real   Sacrifice  

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• Marriage. It's a hard term to define. Especially for me--I've ducked it like root canal. Still there's no denying the fact that marriage ranks right up there with birth and death as one of the three biggies in the human safari. It's the only one though that we'll celebrate with a conscious awareness. Very few of you remember your arrival and even fewer of you will attend your own funeral.

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  Andrew Schneider

  Roots   Funeral   Biggie  

  "Fictional character: Chris Stevens". "Northern Exposure/ Our Wedding", www.imdb.com. 1992.

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• You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.

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  Irv Robbins

  Business   Mean   Ideas  

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• I led by three or four feet, with Biggy (John Biglow) surging closer on each stroke. I hated him in those last few seconds; he was the only reason my guts were being strewn over the water like an oil slick ... I pressed one last time, and looked at the finish-line flagman. In that instant the flag jumped down and then up. The up stroke, identifying the second place finisher, was for me. John Biglow was the victor. I stared into the green-brown water watching my bloody soul drop through the depths, slowly rocking back and forth, occasionally glinting in the light, and then finally disappearing.

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  Brad Alan Lewis

  Oil   Feet   Light  

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