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I have no doubt that the potential is here to grow and develop this race into a big, big spectacle in both the state of California and the United States.

Pat Mcquaid

This is the twilight of the banks. It would be a more cheerful spectacle if we could envision the dawn of the institutions that will replace them.

Martin Mayer

The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.

John Wesley Powell

The spectacle is secondary, ... What I really like about it is there's a friction between good and evil.

Richard Mcmillan

There's no improvisation here. Cuba has a plan to face hurricanes. The United States doesn't. It is vital that everyone be well informed, without sensationalism or cause for alarm. We do not turn hurricanes into a public spectacle.

Jose Rubiera

A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see.

David Douglas

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait. Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments -- his feet. Thompson Johnson.

Ambrose Bierce

It's big. They'll bet for the same reason people who don't even like football tune into the game: It's a big spectacle.

David Schwartz

It's very fast to put news up there. We didn't want to make a multimedia spectacle out of it; that wouldn't be appropriate.

Andy Guenthard

You can't get a quality game of rugby when someone like that is in charge. He didn't allow any phases or play to develop. There was no continuity. The players got frustrated. When you are trying to get people to come and watch club rugby you can't have it killed as a spectacle like that. I know referees have to learn but this guy has been around for a while and I don't see any improvement.

David Wilson

It should be a spectacle. Both teams have plenty to play for and are positive in their approach.

David Nucifora

If many thousands of illegal aliens marched in their zeal, many more millions of Americans of all different races and backgrounds watched - and seethed. They were struck by the spectacle of illegal alien residents lecturing citizen hosts on what was permissible in their own country.

Victor Davis Hanson

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

Ronald Steel

When Tampa Prep and Berkeley Prep get together, it is a spectacle to see. Everyone gets excited, and it's a special thing to be part of.

Mike Flynn

He (Gould) didn't like being looked at – that made an ongoing concert career impossible. He didn't enjoy the public spectacle, and he acted on his feelings. Even though I may get nervous, I like performing in public. I like playing concerts.

Andre Watts

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

Lincoln Steffens

The 40,000 spectators will see spectacle of fast-running, exciting sevens rugby.

Allan Payne

I think qualifying will be an interesting spectacle now.

Christian Horner

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

James Polk

In the early 1960s, he was already talking about how our society thrives on image and spectacle rather than reality. Blake wasn't too tolerant of superficial people and their ideas.

Laura Hamblin

Certainly in Miami, it's completely changed the show. If that's what the fans are telling us that they need to see ... we always hoped to have some of the spectacle that brings so many people to the track.

Gillian Zucker

People want a thrill, people love spectacle and people love to be entertained.

Paul Stanley

One is the pin the blame on the media with the references to the tabloid spectacle, ... One is the assertion of full cooperation with the police. One is the carving of a moat around his private life. And one is the use of constructive ambiguity with references to not being perfect but with no explanation for what those imperfections are.

Mike Doyle

It was an event. It was a spectacle. You can't imagine what it was like.

Mark Norris

Because it's romantic, it's dashing, it's a spectacle. It's not bad musically. It's not great. But it's good enough. There's even an operatic aspect to it, which might fascinate certain semi-sophisticated audiences.

John Simon

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

Thomas De Quincey

He must be a chaser of wild geese, as well as of wild ducks. He must be prepared to make a public spectacle of himself.

Robert E Sherwood

You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.

John Wesley Powell

English cricket must convince cricket's new fans that a day at a county match can be just as engaging a spectacle as watching the Ashes on TV.

Brendan Jones

Right now, health care is the issue, because the company, in the form of its CEO, Rick Wagoner, made a big spectacle at the shareholders' meeting last month. They're saying we're in this big crisis. My question, and most of the [union] leadership's question, is, show us the crisis. Where have you been spending the money?

Dave Peterson

He's been the glue that kept us together, ... He reminds us that it's not about us, but about Mrs. Parks and her legacy and making sure that her final days are reverential and memorial and not a spectacle.

Charles Ellis

It should be beautiful spectacle, ... The song has always had that kind of vibe.

Gaz Coombes

This announcement is an early Christmas present for fans of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

Joie Chitwood

That just means you have to work that much harder to make a spectacle. But that's good for the audience because everyone is coming with their best show.

Tim Convy

The good thing was we had a win, which will boost the confidence of the players, and I thought it was a pretty good spectacle. It's early days and we can't take too much out of these games, so we've got our feet firmly on the ground.

Colin Cooper

She thought it was very important to be there, but she wanted to do it in as low-key a way as possible. We all felt we didn't want this to be a spectacle.

Kent Richland

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.

Thomas Wolfe

She enjoyed the spectacle of being anorexic. She showed off the state of her body. My father's funeral — it was awful.

Lark Borden

I don't think anyone could have gone through extra time. It must have been a great spectacle and St Helens played their part, but we know we can play a whole lot better.

Brian Noble

It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle.

Dee Anderson

It's an end of the season celebration to dog ownership. There's always such good energy. It's a spectacle.

Erik Skarvan

When you talk about building political power, you can't just talk about violence in the narrow sense of the word. You have to have a sense of spectacle and theater.

Eric Davis