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  • Sextus Propertius In great things it is enough even to have willed.
    Sextus Propertius
    Roman poet (47 - 15)
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  • André Gide In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Oscar Wilde In life there is really no great or small thing. All things are of equal value and of equal size.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Walter Lippmann In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Blake Jenner In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing that you get. When I moved to L.A., I started taking classes with The Groundlings, and I loved it. I'm definitely in love with improv and comedy.
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  • Bradley Denton In most Life Situations, the truth is irrelevant. Once in a great while, however, it's the only thing you've got.
    Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede (1991)
    Bradley Denton
    American science fiction author (1958 - )
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  • Barry White In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody over the head and took the money. But today, all this cocaine and crack, it doesn't give kids a chance.
    Barry White
    American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer (1944 - 2003)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Ben Carson In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • William Shakespeare In my stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness ;thrust upon em.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Charles M. Schwab In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • Will Durant In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Salvador Dali In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Ben Horowitz In order to build a great technology company, you have to hire lots of incredibly smart people. It's a total waste to have lots of big brains but not let them work on your biggest problems.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Bill Gross In questioning initially whether I am a great investor, I open the door to question whether other similarly esteemed public icons like Bill Miller are as well. It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business the more and more time you have to expose your Achilles heel - wherever and whatever that might be.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
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  • Henry Fielding In reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Beck In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. On paper, though, it's all stripped back. The musical idea is the one that wins.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book.
    Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore upon Presentation of a Bible, 7 september 1864
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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