Famous Quotes: Great

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't look for it anyway, but if someone hits your mother, whether you're a star, an accountant, or an astronaut or anything... I mean it's your mother, so I lost my mind.
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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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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
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I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.
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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
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I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.
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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did.
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I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
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