977 private quotes tagged great

“Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that.” — Joe Theismann

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“No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.” — Emma Goldman

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“Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.” — E. O. Wilson

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“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.” — Adam Smith

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“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.” — Frederic Bastiat

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“People might not think that, but the Republicans have all of the cards. And this is the time to get rid of Obamacare. This is the time to make the great deal.” — Donald Trump

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“There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.” — William Barclay

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“As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.” — Gunter Grass

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“All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.” — Marya Mannes

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“The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.” — George Whitefield

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“What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” — Tacitus

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“There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.” — Louis Kronenberger

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“When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.” — Pat Riley

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“A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.” — Lord Chesterfield

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“All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.” — John Ruskin

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“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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