Quotes with greatness-great

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  • Bryan Ferry I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.
    Bryan Ferry
    English singer and songwriter (1945 - )
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  • Bruce Catton I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do.
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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  • John McEnroe I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.
    John McEnroe
     
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  • Arthur Miller I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem.
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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  • Roland Barthes I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • Anne McCaffrey I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Antonia Fraser I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • John McGahern I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story.
    John McGahern
    Irish writer and novelist (1934 - 2006)
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  • Huey Newton I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.
    Huey Newton
    African-American political activist (1942 - 1989)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Bryce Courtenay I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.
    Bryce Courtenay
    South African-Australian advertising director and novelist (1933 - 2012)
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  • James A. Michener I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
    James A. Michener
    American writer (1907 - 1997)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I was motivated to improve the U.S. strategy of going back to the moon in 1985. That's a long time ago. Going back to the moon would be a great achievement for tourism adventure flights.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Alexander Pope I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Adam Sandler I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Bubba Watson I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was 12. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. If you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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  • Bill Hicks I was walking through Central Park, and I saw an old man smoking. Nothing makes a smoker happier than to see an old person smoking. This guy was ancient, bent over a walker, puffing away. I'm like, Duuude, you're my hero! Guy your age smoking, man, it's great. He goes, What? I'm 28.
    Source: Shock and Awe
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Alexander the Great I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
    Alexander the Great
    Macedonian king (352 - 323)
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  • Al Unser I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race.
    Al Unser
    American automobile racing driver (1939 - )
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  • Robert H. Schuller I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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