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  • Cat Stevens In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Friedrich von Schlegel In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.
    Friedrich von Schlegel
    German man of letters and art critic (1772 - 1829)
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  • Gore Vidal In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Francis Bacon In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bryan Greenberg In everyday life, I'm pretty much T-shirt and jeans guy - a soft LnA shirt, cool APC jeans, Nikes or Jordans. If I'm going to an event I like to wear a suit, sometimes a three-piece. I'm into brands like Simon Spurr - I think he makes great suits - and Dior Homme.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Alexander the Great In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
    Alexander the Great
    Macedonian king (352 - 323)
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  • Alexander Hamilton In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Friedrich Melchior Grimm In general, it is not very difficult for little minds to attain splendid situations. It is much more difficult for great minds to attain the place to which their merit fully entitles them.
    Friedrich Melchior Grimm
    German-born French-language journalist, art critic and diplomat
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  • John Ruskin In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • John Barrymore In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.
    John Barrymore
    American actor (1882 - 1942)
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  • Abraham Lincoln In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God can not be for and against the same thing at the same time.
    Meditation on the Divine Will, ca. 2 September 1862
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • John Ruskin In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Gamaliel Bradford In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.
    Gamaliel Bradford
    American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist (1863 - 1932)
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  • Titus Livy In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
    Titus Livy
    Roman historian (59 - 17)
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  • Sextus Propertius In great things it is enough even to have willed.
    Sextus Propertius
    Roman poet (47 - 15)
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  • Oscar Wilde In life there is really no great or small thing. All things are of equal value and of equal size.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Walter Lippmann In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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