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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
Great breakthroughs are always followed by great catastrophes.
There's a lot that goes into being Tim McGraw or Kenny Chesney. They have great songs, their show is great, they're very fit. When you look at somebody who takes care of themselves, takes care of their business, that's what every CEO would do.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Be spectacularly great at what you do. Wear your passion on your sleeve and hold your heart in the palm of your hand. And work hard. Really hard.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
Tibet is a beautiful and richly endowed region of our great motherland.
I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers. I was a great tumbler, so when he showed up at practice one day, I tried to impress him, but I ended up landing on my face! When I got off the ground, I had rug burn on my nose. I was in tears because it hurt so bad!
I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out!
We were also able to do a great deal of work to improve highways, airports and airways, waterways, and railways, all of which are important and have provided a better quality of life and economic development opportunities for my constituents.
It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.