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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
The message of great art is to disturb.
For me that's one of the great indulgences in life — a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.
Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to tackle these great human problems.
I would not call Himmanshoo a good husband, but I would call him my best friend and a great companion. Personally, my mom and my family say that I am very lucky to have Himmanshoo as my partner. And I don't disagree at all. Marriage has been great!
I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.
Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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