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greatness means wants
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants William Cobbett
greatness using
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. Henry Ward Beecher
greatness last
I thought we showed some greatness last night. Joe Paterno
greatness misery prove
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch. Blaise Pascal
greatness men ignorant
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.
greatness men tree
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
greatness men touching
A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.
greatness men class
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
greatness men feelings
Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.
trying
Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model. John Hull
trying
I'm here trying to do it one more time. I'm doing it for my kids. I'm doing it for my wife. I'm doing it for my teammates. So they can all say you've still got it. Wilson Alvarez
trying
Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can. Bebe Neuwirth
trying would-be easy
With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to. Beck
trying records
I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.
trying noses cigar
I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars. Becca Fitzpatrick
trying singers entertainers
I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. B. B. King
trying cool-person rocking-out
I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking. Billy Corgan
trying conflict direct
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.
way firsts spontaneous
One of the things that's great about doing a show over and over again... is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time... to continue to mine the material and find new things.
way steps purpose
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
way saws let-me
I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you.
way kind perfectionism
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
way helping socialism
Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics. Bill Shankly
way satan mets
If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way! C. S. Lewis
way philanthropy plus
Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better. Cecil Rhodes
way want knows
Life has a way of getting what it wants when it really knows what it wants. Cecelia Ahern
way introversion sociability
My extroversion is a way of managing my introversion. Carrie Fisher