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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
illness cures remedy
If many remedies are prescribed for an illness you can be sure it has no cure Anton Chekhov
illness crime
illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness ... Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
illness man perfectly refined
One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Thomas Mann
illnesses mental people whose
People with mental illnesses are dying on our streets. More than 350,000 are in jails and prisons. Most are people whose only real crime is they got sick. Pete Earley
illness lifestyle
I think it's a devastating illness, it's an illness that if it's not treated, it will end up that the person's whole lifestyle will be affected.
illness necessary
Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living. David D. Burns
illnesses people
People with AIDS, cancer and other illnesses need free nonmedical support services. Marianne Williamson
illness means mental people social thats
People like to think mental illness means insane, when thats just not true. There has to be a social conscious-wakening around it.
illness mining moment ourselves work
We can all take a moment to congratulate ourselves here today, but only a moment. One mining fatality, one mining injury, one occupational illness is one too many, and you know we still have work to do.
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.
proud not-sure be-proud
I'm not sure I enjoyed doing [Gigi Does It]. I'm cool with just being an actor. If anything, I learned to be proud of being an actor. David Krumholtz
proud firsts british
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative. Catherine Ashton
proud littles looks
Respect me. Be proud, and if you love me, a little afraid, because love so often looks like fear. We are alike. We are alike. Catherynne M. Valente
proud salary teachers
We are proud we can give teachers the kind of salary we do.
proud since striving
We are proud of the improvements that we have made since 2004. We are going to keep striving to do better.
proud
We are proud of the effectiveness of our procedures.
proud work
We still, obviously, have a lot of work to do, but I'm proud of them.
proud share knows
Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small. William Shakespeare
proud done decided
When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of Ed Harris
standing-out boxes outside-the-box
You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed. Charles Handy
standing waiting
We're standing by, waiting for them to tell us what to do.
standing today tomorrow wake
Wake up. See what's happening. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be you standing here. It's a place you don't want to stand.
standing-alone certitude
We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create Bruce Lee
standing-out fitting
Whats the point of fitting in, when we were meant to stand out? Dr. Seuss
standing-on-the-edge standing edges
I'm always standing on the edge of something bad. David Levithan
standing-out statements
I like to stand out and make a statement. Cindy Gallop
standing
We told her, just standing there, in the street. It was bad.
standing takes
I get off the bus, and he's the first one I see, this 18-year-old standing there crying. It takes you back. Tommy Tuberville