Quotes with great-grandparents

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  • Robert Burton Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
    Robert Burton
    English clergyman and writer (1577 - 1640)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Carmen Agra Deedy Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.
    Carmen Agra Deedy
    American author of children’s literature
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  • Avi Arad Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers.
    Avi Arad
    Israeli-American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Elbert Hubbard Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Washington Irving Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • Calvin Coolidge Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Alexander Pope Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; dies before thy uncreating word: thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; and universal darkness buries all.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Arthur Conan Doyle London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    British writer and medical doctor (1859 - 1930)
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  • Ben Bernanke Long term, I have a lot of confidence in the United States. We have an excellent record in terms of innovation. We have great universities that are involved in technological change and progress. We have an entrepreneurial culture, much more than almost any other country.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Brad Bird Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Carter Burwell Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • Robert Hayden Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
    Robert Hayden
    American poet, essayist, and educator (1913 - 1980)
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  • Louise Hay Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
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  • Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
    Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
    French statesman (1754 - 1838)
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  • Abraham Cowley Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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