Famous Quotes: Great

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.
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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
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They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.
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The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.
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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
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There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
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As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.
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I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.
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I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
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We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.
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