Quotes with great-grandmother

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  • Carl von Clausewitz As man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • C. L. R. James As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.
    C. L. R. James
    Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist (1901 - 1989)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn't let it go for less than half-a-crown...
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Jeremy Collier As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room
    Jeremy Collier
    English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (1650 - 1726)
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  • John Lennon As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • Beth Ditto As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Caroline Lawrence At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades improved dramatically. This great school had only 400 students, mostly children of Stanford professors, and it was more usual to have classes under one of the oak trees dotted around the campus than in the classroom.
    Caroline Lawrence
    English American author (1954 - )
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  • Arne Duncan At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.
    Arne Duncan
    American civil servant (1964 - )
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  • Alexander Pope At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Cesare Pavese At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death.
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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  • John Donne At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Brooke Shields At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Max L. Lucado At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear. For great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation.
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  • Simone Weil Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Allan Bloom Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • Bethenny Frankel Baby wipes are great for everything! For wiping babies' butts, as an eye-makeup remover, to wipe the counter, to clean my hands at the airport, just everything.
    Bethenny Frankel
    American reality television personality, entrepreneur, and author (1970 - )
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  • Bela Karolyi Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.
    Bela Karolyi
    American gymnastics coach (1942 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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