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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Flannery O'Connor Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
    Flannery O'Connor
    American writer and essayist (1925 - 1964)
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  • Orison Swett Marden Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
    Orison Swett Marden
    American inspirational author (1848 - 1924)
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  • Terence Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Thornton Wilder Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Johann Georg - Ritter von Zimmermann Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.
    Johann Georg - Ritter von Zimmermann
    Swiss philosopher, physician and writer (1728 - 1795)
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  • Charles Dickens Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Tacitus Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Mae West Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Elizabeth Taylor Marriage is a great institution.
    Elizabeth Taylor
    British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian (1932 - 2011)
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  • Cate Blanchett Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • John Wooden Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • B. D. Wong Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • Bow Wow Me and Lucas Black are actually starring in that movie 'Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo.' It's gonna be hot and different. My first action movie, so it's gonna be great.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • Carl D. Anderson Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.
    Carl D. Anderson
    American physicist
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Carl Clinton Van Doren Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
    Carl Clinton Van Doren
    American critic and biographer (1885 - 1980)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Queen Victoria Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary members of society.
    Queen Victoria
    Queen of Great Britain (1819 - 1901)
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