977 private quotes tagged great

“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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“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.” — Igor Stravinsky

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“I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world.” — Dorothy Hamill

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“India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.” — Sri Aurobindo

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“It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!” — Anthony de Mello

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“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.” — Oliver Goldsmith

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“Don't be humble... you're not that great.” — Golda Meir

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“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.” — Washington Irving

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“A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.” — Bryant H. McGill

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“I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.” — Huey Newton

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“Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.” — Fran Lebowitz

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“Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.” — Saint Augustine

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“Never was anything great achieved without danger.” — Niccolo Machiavelli

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“A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.” — Jean Ingelow

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“Beauty is indeed a good gift of God but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.” — Saint Augustine

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