Quotes 1761 till 1780 of 2249.
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The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.
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The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.
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The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly.
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The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.
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The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
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The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.
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The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
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The system was aided by the Church, whose natural interests allied it more to the great than to the meek.
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The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.
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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
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The thing about Pixar, they don't do the 'trend is your friend.' They're really about timeless story telling, and that's pretty great.
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The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
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The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.
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The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.
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The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.
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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are - 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and, 3. Hope to all.
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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
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The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52.
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