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greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
particular terms thinking
When you think of al-Qaeda, you are not thinking of al-Qaeda in terms of one particular country, or one particular organization. Sibel Edmonds
particular
As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all unusual, and one shouldn't read into it more than is there. Robert Mueller
particular remember several
She has been in here several times before but that particular day I don't remember her. Samuel L. Jackson
particular sundance
So many features at Sundance seemed to be powered more on the director's need to be a director than any particular story. Jill Soloway
particular
I don't follow any particular periodical anymore. I use Twitter as my customized news feed. Frank Quattrone
particular
'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment. Nathaniel Philbrick
particular
The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
particular people
Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas. Aaron Patzer
particular share terrorists
Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background. Bennie Thompson
players position table
The position that's on the table by the players just isn't acceptable. Jerry Jones
players
We have so many players from New Orleans. It's always in the back of our minds.
players playing starting
We're starting to do some things but we can't let up. It's a do-or-die situation, so the players are playing with a sense of urgency.
players
We're just not comfortable with our go-to players in the stretch. Mike Carey
players
We're getting better. We have players who are pretty focused. Pat Gillick
players quality signed
We know we have signed quality players - but they will need time. Thomas Doll
players
Makes a big difference. Players always make the difference. Jim Leyland
players stop takes
L.T. is fast. It takes 11 players to stop him. If 11 players are on the same page, then it's cool. But it's going to be very hard.
players skilled time
We won't be one-dimensional on offense, ... We have linemen who can give our skilled players time to make the plays. Tom Bailey