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I am deeply saddened by the loss of my big brother Tom, he was larger than life. He has influenced my life more than anyone I know. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. I am devastated he is gone and will miss him always. – Tom Sizemore	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Over the course of fifteen years, two TV shows and one movie, Albuquerque has been wonderful to us. I wanted to return the favor and give something back, these larger-than-life bronzes of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman exist thanks to the generosity of Sony Pictures Television and the artistry of sculptor Trevor Grove, and I love Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. It makes me happy to picture Walter White and Jesse Pinkman gracing The Duke City for decades to come, attracting busloads of tourists. – Vince Gilligan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Renee and I are stunned and heartbroken to learn about the sudden passing of Tony Siragusa, tony Siragusa was Tony Siragusa clearly one of the most popular players in Ravens history. Tony’s larger-than-life personality made an enormous impact on our organization and throughout the Baltimore community. – Steve Bisciotti	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
You watch that, and you look at him, and you're like, 'Bob was larger than life.' He was so full of life. He was a force of nature, and you watch that, and you're like, 'How is he not the one that's on the stage right now?' It still doesn't make sense. It still doesn't really compute. – Kelly Rizzo	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I was so very lucky to have had a 43 year relationship with a man who cherished me and who I adored, art was larger than life and meant the world to us. – Shelley LaFleur	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Gavan was larger than life and is greatly missed by all who knew him, most particularly by his adoring wife and family. – Michael Emptage	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Everybody will have their own memories, he was that sort of larger-than-life person. Once met, never forgotten. – Prince Edward	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When our dreams are larger than life and consistent work towards our purpose gives us fulfilment. That inner fulfilment gives us strength and power to make those larger than life dreams real. – Purvi Raniga	added by Purviraniga 3 years ago
He brought humanity and truth to the portrayal of people who felt larger than life. – Don Cheadle	Found on CNN 3 years ago
His career speaks for itself on the track and he has been a larger-than-life character off it, together with Ethan Mitchell and Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster formed a remarkable partnership that took Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster to the top of the sport where Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster dominated for several years. – Eddie Dawkins	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In many ways I feel that I'm still that guy — trying to deal with a very big, challenging, crowded field, with a very larger-than-life character as president of the United States. – Cory Booker	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Ultimately the only thing that [ brings ] successful entertainers together is just complete dedication and hard work and focus -- focus on their craft, so to put someone on a pedestal as being more than life -- larger than life -- is a mistake when you're hanging out with them because then people feel like they have a pressure to sort of be someone that they're not when they're with you. Most people just want to be able to relax and not have to talk about themselves. – Lukas Nelson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Gordon Ramsay is not only one of the biggest names in the culinary world, but Gordon Ramsay expertise, combined with Gordon Ramsay larger-than-life personality, also make for genuine event television. – David Madden	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The carnival is a real tradition in the North. What you have to do is look under these characters who are larger than life, cinema is a metaphor. So what is local becomes a metaphor. So I don't see a problem in making a very French film that at the same time, because it is very French, will become an international film. – Bruno Dumont	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We see this iconic figure, this larger-than-life figure, but Democratic Socialist was very ordinary in so many ways. – Lewis Baldwin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There’s only one Hef, but this person will be larger than life, that wouldn’t surprise me. – Gary Gold	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Living within means economically maybe wise, but not to have magnified vision of bigger objectives, maybe otherwise. Let not your vision for life goals be economized, look beyond, be larger than life and get MickeyMized. – Mickey Mehta	added by Mickeymized 8 years ago
Was that a waste of time? he asked. When young Cierra Cowden had the courage to take the stand and talk about how she missed waking up to her dad's singing: was that a waste of time? When Sandy Phillips got up and told the jury about Jessica's enthusiasm for life: was that a waste of time? When Tom Sullivan, a man with a larger than life personality, got up and broke down on the stand talking about his close friendship with his son, was that a waste of time? Samour pointed out that with no appeals in sight, this trial has officially wrapped up in just over 3 years, saying that's record time for a death penalty case. Is prison really a much less severe sentence than death? he asked. Holmes will die in the custody of the department of corrections. Samour told the victims that there are no words to adequately describe what they've gone through. I've been doing criminal law for 2 decades and before this case I'd never seen a police officer or first responder break down on the witness stand. – Carlos Samour	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
He's a four-quadrant, larger-than-life movie star, this is going to have great legs. – Dan Fellman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'd never worked with him or even met him before, but he'd shot the Babe films and I thought they looked amazing, the way he'd used backlight and the sun and natural light to create a very magical effect, and Babe had that larger-than-life feel about it that I wanted. – New Zealander Jackson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Meeting him in person, he had a strong, positive aura about him, it was nice to interact with him and pick his brain and get some perspective how he goes about his golf. He's been an idol growing up, a larger than life figure. – Anirban Lahiri	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
“We are drawn to the Harlem Renaissance because of the hope for black uplift and interracial interaction and empathy that it embodied and because there is a certain element of romanticism associated with the era’s creativity, its seemingly larger-than-life heroes and heroines, and its most brilliantly lit terrain, Harlem, USA.” – Clement Alexander Price	added by anonymous 9 years ago
I believe that any living thing can be beautiful if you love it. Most mothers of small children hate insects. That’s why I draw insects larger than life on purpose. I do that so they can see what lovely eyes the insects have. – Chikabo Kumada	added by anonymous 9 years ago

I am deeply saddened by the loss of my big brother Tom, he was larger than life. He has influenced my life more than anyone I know. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. I am devastated he is gone and will miss him always.

– Tom Sizemore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Over the course of fifteen years, two TV shows and one movie, Albuquerque has been wonderful to us. I wanted to return the favor and give something back, these larger-than-life bronzes of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman exist thanks to the generosity of Sony Pictures Television and the artistry of sculptor Trevor Grove, and I love Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. It makes me happy to picture Walter White and Jesse Pinkman gracing The Duke City for decades to come, attracting busloads of tourists.

– Vince Gilligan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Renee and I are stunned and heartbroken to learn about the sudden passing of Tony Siragusa, tony Siragusa was Tony Siragusa clearly one of the most popular players in Ravens history. Tony’s larger-than-life personality made an enormous impact on our organization and throughout the Baltimore community.

– Steve Bisciotti

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You watch that, and you look at him, and you're like, 'Bob was larger than life.' He was so full of life. He was a force of nature, and you watch that, and you're like, 'How is he not the one that's on the stage right now?' It still doesn't make sense. It still doesn't really compute.

– Kelly Rizzo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I was so very lucky to have had a 43 year relationship with a man who cherished me and who I adored, art was larger than life and meant the world to us.

– Shelley LaFleur

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Gavan was larger than life and is greatly missed by all who knew him, most particularly by his adoring wife and family.

– Michael Emptage

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Everybody will have their own memories, he was that sort of larger-than-life person. Once met, never forgotten.

– Prince Edward

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When our dreams are larger than life and consistent work towards our purpose gives us fulfilment. That inner fulfilment gives us strength and power to make those larger than life dreams real.

– Purvi Raniga

added by Purviraniga
3 years ago

He brought humanity and truth to the portrayal of people who felt larger than life.

– Don Cheadle

Found on CNN
3 years ago

His career speaks for itself on the track and he has been a larger-than-life character off it, together with Ethan Mitchell and Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster formed a remarkable partnership that took Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster to the top of the sport where Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster dominated for several years.

– Eddie Dawkins

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In many ways I feel that I'm still that guy — trying to deal with a very big, challenging, crowded field, with a very larger-than-life character as president of the United States.

– Cory Booker

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Ultimately the only thing that [ brings ] successful entertainers together is just complete dedication and hard work and focus -- focus on their craft, so to put someone on a pedestal as being more than life -- larger than life -- is a mistake when you're hanging out with them because then people feel like they have a pressure to sort of be someone that they're not when they're with you. Most people just want to be able to relax and not have to talk about themselves.

– Lukas Nelson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Gordon Ramsay is not only one of the biggest names in the culinary world, but Gordon Ramsay expertise, combined with Gordon Ramsay larger-than-life personality, also make for genuine event television.

– David Madden

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The carnival is a real tradition in the North. What you have to do is look under these characters who are larger than life, cinema is a metaphor. So what is local becomes a metaphor. So I don't see a problem in making a very French film that at the same time, because it is very French, will become an international film.

– Bruno Dumont

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We see this iconic figure, this larger-than-life figure, but Democratic Socialist was very ordinary in so many ways.

– Lewis Baldwin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There’s only one Hef, but this person will be larger than life, that wouldn’t surprise me.

– Gary Gold

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Living within means economically maybe wise, but not to have magnified vision of bigger objectives, maybe otherwise. Let not your vision for life goals be economized, look beyond, be larger than life and get MickeyMized.

– Mickey Mehta

added by Mickeymized
8 years ago

Was that a waste of time? he asked. When young Cierra Cowden had the courage to take the stand and talk about how she missed waking up to her dad's singing: was that a waste of time? When Sandy Phillips got up and told the jury about Jessica's enthusiasm for life: was that a waste of time? When Tom Sullivan, a man with a larger than life personality, got up and broke down on the stand talking about his close friendship with his son, was that a waste of time? Samour pointed out that with no appeals in sight, this trial has officially wrapped up in just over 3 years, saying that's record time for a death penalty case. Is prison really a much less severe sentence than death? he asked. Holmes will die in the custody of the department of corrections. Samour told the victims that there are no words to adequately describe what they've gone through. I've been doing criminal law for 2 decades and before this case I'd never seen a police officer or first responder break down on the witness stand.

– Carlos Samour

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

He's a four-quadrant, larger-than-life movie star, this is going to have great legs.

– Dan Fellman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'd never worked with him or even met him before, but he'd shot the Babe films and I thought they looked amazing, the way he'd used backlight and the sun and natural light to create a very magical effect, and Babe had that larger-than-life feel about it that I wanted.

– New Zealander Jackson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Meeting him in person, he had a strong, positive aura about him, it was nice to interact with him and pick his brain and get some perspective how he goes about his golf. He's been an idol growing up, a larger than life figure.

– Anirban Lahiri

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

“We are drawn to the Harlem Renaissance because of the hope for black uplift and interracial interaction and empathy that it embodied and because there is a certain element of romanticism associated with the era’s creativity, its seemingly larger-than-life heroes and heroines, and its most brilliantly lit terrain, Harlem, USA.”

– Clement Alexander Price

added by anonymous
9 years ago

I believe that any living thing can be beautiful if you love it. Most mothers of small children hate insects. That’s why I draw insects larger than life on purpose. I do that so they can see what lovely eyes the insects have.

– Chikabo Kumada

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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