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I guess I did get to tick a big one off the bucket list, though, and that was being on a giant billboard smack-bang in the hub of Hollywood Boulevard. That was... well, pretty Hollywood.

I grew up as a fanboy and a giant nerd, and I mean that in the most loving sense. I loved playing 'Dungeons and Dragons.'

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

I believe this company is able to get back a couple of billion dollars in revenue, and business intelligence was our ticket to do that, ... That is an absolutely sleeping giant in our portfolio. That's a $15 billion to 18 billion market where there's no one clear market leader. I had very high expectations for the role of business analytics.

I am sure that he will score many goals for Newcastle and England at the World Cup. He knew that he was not going to play much and he had to leave. His transfer will be good for him. Newcastle are a great club, a sleeping giant who are going to wake up.

China is the sleeping giant awakening. It has the money, the know-how and the investment.

I happen to have a giant ego, an admission that will not shock my close friends or critics. I am not uncomfortable in saying that because the ego of a man often gets great things done.

I did have a literal shed of fan mail once. It was literally filled with, like, 25 of those giant mail cartons.

I can't recall this situation in any year. Romantics like the mystique of the FA Cup because it gives the giant killers a chance.

Growing up, I was a giant KISS fan, and the truth is the record I had was 'Rock and Roll Over,' and there wasn't even a clear picture of them in the packaging! So I really had no idea what they looked like; I just loved their music.

Giant slalom is one of our strongest disciplines on the men's side and we had expectations to be on the podium today.

Giant pandas are easy compared to clouded leopards.

Giant fans from all around the country wish they could be here. It is sad, but we also know his spirit will be with us no matter what.

Giant Eagle has no plans for a Downtown location at this time. That would consist of the Lazarus building or any other often-reported locations.

Giant does not have a formal pandemic preparedness plan. The feeling is that we have enough employees -- we have over 25,000 employees. If the need arose, we could move these employees around quite a bit to wherever the greatest operational need within the company would be to keep our stores open.

Giant Cement's managers knew they broke the law and they didn't have a leg to stand on. This settlement is a positive step, but obviously it would have been much better for all concerned if the company had not declared war on its skilled Union workforce in the first place.

Four and a half billion years ago, all of the matter of the solar system, including us, was part of a giant molecular cloud. Genesis is providing the chemical composition of that solar nebula. ...The material is still stored for us in the surface of the sun.

If we're wasting water here, it implies there is water to waste. Getting our own house in order is the best way to hold off those outside the region who view the lakes as a giant canteen for their convenience.

He will be very welcome, and he will get a great reception, why not? He deserves it because of the fact he was one of our great players, a very special player, a colossus, a giant of a man in every sense of the word.

He's been a giant in the industry here for several decades. He's been one of the most innovative and bold developers in the Houston area.

He has also developed defensive skills by howling and biting just as a wild giant panda would do.

What most people know about me, they know through my music. This time, I've tried to open that door as wide as possible. These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. Hence the title.

Today is an unforgettable moment in California history. The state Senate of the largest state in of the nation just took a bold and giant step in the direction of equality by voting to end discrimination against tens of thousands of same-sex couples and their children.

Today is a giant step forward, ... The president heard us and responded.

To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, / Some recommend the bowling-green; / Some, hilly walks; all, exercise; / Fling but a stone, the giant dies. / Laugh and be well.

What you really need, ... is a giant Husker logo.

What we had envisioned was to break it down into four or five smaller retail units. Many people have come up and said they would love to see another food store in there. We're not sure, with Wal-Mart and Giant right down the road, if a smaller food chain would want to open.

Here comes a player that's got some substance behind them and it's not a giant deal.

He's a climbing fiend. He's climbing all over the rocks, or he's climbing on his mother. And when he's not climbing on her, he's chewing on her. . . . She lets him treat her like a giant chew toy.

'Heroes' was a huge show with 12 cast members and giant special effects.

Here's the final word from a giant of American jurisprudence on the methods, motives and ethics of Ken Starr.

Going from someone playing 15-people venues to performing at the Grammys, it was this giant leap and sort of showed me it was possible with what I wanted to do and the kind of music I wanted to write and artist I want to be to impact a lot of people.

He's happy with the form. He's sort of the 'big giant narcissist,' and he's also a big giant drunk.

There is an element of protesting too much. When you look at it, Berkshire Hathaway is not a million miles away from being a giant hedge fund or private- equity fund itself.

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

He was a giant of a man, had an extraordinary impact on the country.

He was a giant in this century, as a violinist, musician, personality within the musical world. He was a real singular, individual human being, charismatic, and of course the most phenomenal child prodigy that ever existed, certainly in this century.

He was a giant figure in American theater. Heroic is not a word one uses often without embarrassment to describe a writer or playwright, but the diligence and ferocity of effort behind the creation of his body of work is really an epic story.

He was a giant figure in American theater,

He wants to be a little more consistent passing the ball. He's done that this preseason. He's taken giant steps towards becoming a much better passer. Mike's been sharp this preseason with his reads and his footwork and his timing.

has been trying very hard to do that for a long time. So far they have been left with a giant loss of market share.

I was like a big clumsy giant trying to do something that flies do better The flower is probably maybe 1/8 of an inch to 1/4 of an inch across, and it's hard to even see without a magnifying glass. I was having to do it hit or miss like that.

Kevin is a versatile player who gives us options because of his ability to play safety or cornerback. Last year was his first year with safety as his primary position, and I expect him to take giant steps this year, building on the year's experience he had.

'James and the Giant Peach' magnificently starts out Dahl's career as a blithe and droll Bad Uncle corrupter and affirmer of youth. Its influence can be subsequently traced down the decades in everything from Maurice Sendak to Lemony Snicket to J. K. Rowling.

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

I think it's a giant waste of money. I don't see a huge (environmental) downside to it, but the science still doesn't show whether it actually works. If they can create another 1.1 million acre-feet of water, that's a huge amount. I wish them luck.

I think it is a dead issue. I think that I'm so excited about being a Giant now, and being in this city and being able to bring what I'm going to bring to this organization ? that's what I'm focused on.

I think, in summary, he's a giant among midgets in his profession.

It begins with a little quest and turns into this giant learning experience, what I consider this ongoing tragedy in America -- terror perpetrated on Americans by Americans,

It could have gone further. They've made a step forward, but it's not a giant step. The question is whether they're able to alter conduct. Time will tell.

It is going to rage into a major, major hurricane before all is said and done. By the time it makes landfall Sunday into Monday, we are going to be talking about a giant Category 4 storm, according to the latest models, with maximum winds of 135 mph. There is a possibility that it can rage even larger.

I think we've taken a giant leap toward understanding the offense a little bit better. Last year at this time, we ... we just weren't where we needed to be. Now, it's a matter of guys competing a lot better and doing the things they need to do to be a winner.

I think we are going to be able to take a giant leap into where we want to be and the reason for that is that there's a driving force right now that is apparently working well in terms of all branches of government, even with the mayor's little gesture of letting the homeless be in certain parks and certain property.

I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself

I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?' I looked at that giant monster and said to myself - I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day. This is small and lightweight. I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

Peanut Butter M&Ms in the fridge, I always have a giant bag. Every cookie and candy I put in the fridge, it always manages to taste better when it's cold.

Our job is to essentially make all of Times Square into a giant theater stage and television set. We are currently in the throes of the final rituals of preparation surrounding the yearly ritual of New Year's Eve.

Over the past five years, the president has made the right call over and over again. This is one time. Nobody wants to come to a giant battle over this. We want homeland security. He wants homeland security.

Our vision of the future is one giant group of scientists working on a challenge for a company without needing to be employed by them.

Physically, we're bursting at the seams. We're ready to make the next absolute, giant leap.

Recent FDA actions have created serious doubts about whether committee members are serving only the public interest and, as a result, industry biases now taint many advisory panel decisions, ... Today we took a giant step forward to squash those doubts.

Our partnership with Costco is a giant step forward in our strategy to increase retail coverage and charge volume and to expand the number of customers we serve.

People need to become aware that they have some rights, even when going up against these giant companies that try to intimidate.

People often forget that the company has an 18-percent share of the overnight delivery market, ... But the German giant express delivery company DHL wants to have a minority stake, and they could do a lot to Airborne to keep it flying again in terms of market share.

Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant

Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant

Located along the shoreline in beautiful Monterey, MB focuses on the rich and diverse habitat of the bay. The one-of-a-kind Kelp Forest Exhibit features swaying giant kelp and a host of fish and other marine animals. The Outer Bay wing is one of the few places in the USA to view schools of large tuna. Visitors also can observe sea otters and a beautiful sea jelly exhibit.

Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry, insatiably and incessantly demanding and devouring fresh streams of men, till it wearies and dies in the midst of an almost uninhabited waste of country.

Liverpool's giant striker showed against Chelsea that he is more than a totem pole who is simply dangerous in the air

I won't say it's World Series or bust. We haven't been to the playoffs since 2000. We have to take those small steps before we take that giant leap.

I think every coach does that a little bit of looking ahead. You really project things all the way to the Giant Center. And if a coach says he isn't, he's not telling the truth.

It does feel that there is going to be a sea change in the business, that there isn't going to be a hit every week of the summer. It's a concern, and the bar for the movies that are going to do well seems to have been raised this summer. I don't think anyone wants to live in a world where you have to have one of the biggest movie stars, with one of the biggest directors with a giant concept like aliens invading earth, as your criteria for a hit. It's a pretty high place to put the bar.

I think he has to dunk on you, like two times, before you realize you're playing against a giant of a man. Hicks is as good a player as there is in the league and certainly a player who will merit (All-Big East) first-team considerations.

I think God is a giant vibrator in the sky.

Johnny Cash was not only a giant in our business, but he was one of those guys who had grown to become a cultural icon in America. People associated him with values that I think they held near and dear to their hearts.

I'm slowly designing my second Experimental Guitar record. And next year I will release DUST, the giant rarities collection mentioned earlier.

The ability to make new work from old work - especially if that new work is different enough that it doesn't dent the market for the old work - is something that benefits all creators, since so few can claim not to have a giant or 10 supporting them underneath.

I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.

who is increasingly giving his presidential candidacy an anti-Washington cast, cranked up his rhetoric on Tuesday, saying that if he won, members of Congress were 'going to be scurrying for shelter, just like a giant flashlight on a bunch of cockroaches.'

Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard.

Will somebody get this giant walking carpet out of my way?

'Wipeout' is a giant obstacle course for adults of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Whoever wins takes home $50,000 and gets to brag to all of their coworkers that they made it out alive!

We drained Food Giant for the public safety people. The mayor commandeered the store.

We have to take baby steps before we can take giant leaps.

We have taken another giant step in our march toward Europe, ... The journey will be fraught with difficulties, and should Europe abide by its promises ? our success will then largely depend on you, the Turkish people.

We are tremendously pleased with the opening weekend results for 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' in both IMAX and conventional theatres. The unique experience that IMAX theatres offer moviegoers is generating incremental revenue for our event films, proven by this giant record-setting opening weekend and advance ticket sales at IMAX theatres. We look forward to continued success as we enter the holiday season.

We have all the right pieces to make the puzzle. I'm not saying it's World Series or bust. The first step is for us to become a playoff-caliber team. We have to take small steps before we can make a giant leap.

Troy went from a guy that had great ability to scramble and run and step up in the pocket and take off with great athletic ability, to a guy that uses that athletic ability to buy time to find an open receiver. That's a giant step.

Under the good care of the Taiwanese compatriots, the giant pandas will surely do well and have descendants.

We have a version of Firefox for mobile devices, codenamed Fennec. That's a type of fox - South American, I think, with giant ears.

Those who are dull, slow, or too aggressive are definitely out of consideration. The selected giant pandas must follow a normal living habit.

Though we don't definitely know the mechanism by which these jets are produced, our findings are supportive of the idea that magnetic field lines interact in a way that causes them to work like the elastic bands of a giant sling shot throwing incoming material back out from the black hole.

Whether it's been one person, or a group of families trying to spread the word, no one really knows exactly who started this. We don't know who woke up this sleeping giant in our area, but it's worked.

Whether it's against a giant or against a pip-squeak, a loss is a loss, and so there is no way around it. We let a giant off the hook.

We're not trying to make giant leaps. We're looking for incremental movement.

We're losing them because they look over there and they think ? there's this giant gap between what they see and the rhetoric they hear.

We have lost a giant of comedy. Ronnie Barker will be numbered amongst a select band of greats who shaped British comedy in the twentieth century.

This neighborhood has a lot to do with it. It's almost a political thing, resistance to Home Depot, the big-box, giant corporation.

This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can't manufacture the happiness of our people.

To me this millipede is more the kind of thing that Tom is famous for. It is a little weird, it's cute, and it's a little threatening, this giant bug that could eat you -- but it's also wearing little shoes and a bowler hat. It's whimsical and frightening at the same time.