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I`m very `spur of the moment`. I`m always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory.

- Josh Hartnett

About her spur-of-the-moment marriage to Sam Mendes - "We hadn`t been planning to do it but we thought it was rather a good idea, so we just did it."

- Kate Winslet

Personally, I thought Curly was the greatest because he was a natural comedian who had no formal training. Whatever he did he made up on the spur of the moment.

- Larry Fine

I haven`t really met anyone else who has influenced me, but you never know, it could happen next year or next month. I just like to go with the spur of the moment.

- Robin Gibb

There`s been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there`s a subway that runs through downtown.

- Michael Ritchie

The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that`s a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.

- Eric Cantona

Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.

- Robert Reich

The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?

- Marquis de Sade

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.

- John Locke

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

- David Mallet

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

- Douglas Hurd

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

- Aaron Scott

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

- Abdoulaye Sarr

Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.

- Al Ford
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

- Al Harrison

Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action.

- Alan Buddendeck

I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.

- Alex Laughlin

The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.

- Alexander Young

Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community.

- Alexandros Roussos

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.

- Alisha Marigoni

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

- Allen Questrom

With 1.7 million private sector jobs lost and half a million jobs shipped overseas over the past three years, we must take action to spur job creation and restore economic prosperity.

- Amir Abdulzahra

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

- Edmund Burke