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The measure of a great leader, is their success in bringing everyone around to their opinion twenty years later.
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The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public consciousness has just swung from Greed to Compassion and from Tex-Mex to meatballs.
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The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
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The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
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The money cost of the reservoir plan literally fades into insignificance when it is compared with the financial burden which the great depression imposed on the nation.
Storage and Stability Part II, Ch. IX, The Cost of the Reservoir Plan, p -
The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot grasp nature's bare blade without shedding our own blood.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let ego get in the way. Many people helped me along the way. You've got to remember the people who were loyal to you, and don't forget them when you become successful.
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The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
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The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
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The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different.
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The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
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The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.
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The outstanding truths of life, the great and unquestioned phenomena of society, are not to be argued away as myths and vagaries when they do not fit within our little moulds. If necessary, we must remake the moulds.
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