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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great — something where the residuals will go to the cause.
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.
Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.
Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom — how great is that?
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.
I've spent some time working with a non-Italian designer; I've been helping him organize fashion shows, the advertising, also helping with the creative part. But the great part about this work is that I am no one!