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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps just as surely. Who knows if a well-prepared soup was not responsible for the pneumatic pump or a poor one for a war?
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Bob Newhart For a comedian, there is nothing better than watching another great comedian.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no rĂ©gime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
    Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn
    Russian Novelist (1918 - 2008)
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  • Bill McCartney For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs.
    Bill McCartney
    American football player and coach (1940 - )
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  • Brendan Gleeson For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Carol Berg For the 'Rai-kirah' books, I began with the image of Aleksander riding the great wastelands, and that quickly morphed into the desert. Because I wanted my slave market cold and miserable, I chose to set the opening scene in the empire's summer capital in the mountains.
    Carol Berg
    American writer of fantasy novels (1948 - )
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  • Carl Sagan For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves. This is a time of great danger, but our species is young, and curious, and brave. It shows much promise.
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 05 min 20 sec
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Armistead Maupin For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • Bertolt Brecht For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Bonnie Langford For years I used to try to straighten my hair, but I've reached a stage where I think, 'I've got red curly hair, and it's actually really great.'
    Bonnie Langford
    English actress, dancer and singer (1964 - )
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  • Brooke Burke Forget all the bars and schmoozing and everybody checking out everybody else. My ideal date would be to park in a dark place, check out the stars, and have a great conversation. When all else fails, you can just make out.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Robert Frost Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
    And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Oscar Wilde Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Bill Camp Fortunately, I get asked to play - regardless of how big or small they are - some really interesting people who are part of great stories. So, as an actor, there's really nothing better.
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  • Oscar Wilde Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once!
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli From a design perspective, the U.S. has always been a great source of inspiration for me.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Samuel Butler From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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