Famous Quotes: Great

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
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I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
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The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.
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If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.
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To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.
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I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.
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The great thieves lead away the little thief.
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A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle.
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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
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I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
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Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.
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A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
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