977 private quotes tagged great

“The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.” — Andy Rooney

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“Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.” — Calvin Coolidge

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“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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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.” — Julie Walters

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“I feel good in my own skin because I've accepted the fact that I'm me. That's what's so great about being alive and being on this planet: Everybody's different.” — Kelly Osbourne

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“The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.” — Harvey Fierstein

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“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.” — Joseph Addison

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“I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.” — Bobby Flay

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“It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.” — John Ruskin

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“Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.” — Lara Flynn Boyle

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“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.” — Isaac Asimov

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“It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger.” — Andy Warhol

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“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” — Meryl Streep

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“The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.” — Jean Baudrillard

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“It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.” — Benito Mussolini

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“I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process.” — Donald Trump

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“You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great d--n personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy.” — Susan Powter

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“A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job.” — Donald Trump

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“Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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“And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.” — Homer

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“To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.” — Joseph Addison

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“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.” — Calvin Coolidge

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“I was an OK boxer, I wasn't great, I was OK, but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, usually Saturday afternoons too, with a whole bunch of mates and training, very, very hard for about two-and-half hours.” — Liam Neeson

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“He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.” — Mencius

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“To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.” — Fred Durst

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