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  • George Bernard Shaw Greatness is one of the sensations of littleness.
    Saint Joan (1924)
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ben Jonson Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.
    The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Barton Seaver Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
    Barton Seaver
    American author and chef (1979 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • André Maurois Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Ben Simmons Growing up in Australia and the way I was raised, my dad told me to play as a team and to be a team player. You have five guys on the court. It's easy for five guys to defend one guy. It's hard to guard five. It's just a natural thing to do.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • Bobby Orr Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
    Bobby Orr
    Canadian ice hockey player (1948 - )
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  • B. B. King Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Audre Lorde Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.
    Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 130
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Bryan Callen Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I'd rather have one horsepower - in a horse. That's macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.
    Bryan Callen
    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer (1967 - )
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  • Mark Twain Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Thomas Malthus Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) XVIII, 11, 16
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • Gore Vidal Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Henry van Dyke Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Augustus William Hare Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Barbara Hepworth Half-way through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again.... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid...
    Barbara Hepworth
    English artist and sculptor (1903 - 1975)
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  • Barbara Hepworth Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.
    Barbara Hepworth
    English artist and sculptor (1903 - 1975)
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  • Ben Gibbard Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Fred A. Allen Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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