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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.
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. Justin Vincent
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
reeds sand divine
The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds. Caspar David Friedrich
reeds dwight-eisenhower masters
I played with [Dwight Eisenhower] on the day after I won the Masters at his request. We became everlasting friends. I was with him the day before he died at Walter Reed. Arnold Palmer
reed reminded today
He reminded me today of the Willis Reed thing.
reed report
Reed will report to Peoria on Thursday. He won't play in the opener; he won't play this weekend. We're going to get him in here, let him adjust, see where he's at mentally.
reeds danger secrecy
When I am in danger of bursting, I will go and whisper among the reeds. Jonathan Swift
reeds young peril
The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril. Frank Herbert
reeds policy monetary-policy
At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean. John Kenneth Galbraith
reeds arrogant brass
Braying of arrogant brass, whimper of querulous reeds. William Watson
reeds logic
Logic is a feeble reed, friend. Robert A. Heinlein
shutting-down favors want
Donald Trump has come out in favor of shutting down Planned Parenthood. However, experts say, if he really wants Planned Parenthood to go under he should turn it into a Trump property. Conan O'Brien
shutting
I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense. Richard Sherman
shutting talking terms
Langhorne pretty much had her way. We are what we are in terms of our size. We're not talking about shutting her down.
shutting-down quiet tranquility
Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Khaled Hosseini
shutting
Israel is shutting out the Arab world and shutting itself in. Richard Engel
shutting
They're not getting infected, but they're still shutting down.
typewriters years space
My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a typewriter and I whited out a line, often I would choose a word to go in the space just because it fit. Now I don't have to do that. David Sedaris
typewriters joy trying
That was the overwhelming thing to me, the joy of carrying my portable typewriter to an event and trying to describe it. Charles Kuralt
type minus
Im not really Type A, but A minus. Bobbi Brown
type
You're on a positive road. You have some type of direction where you're going, so you have to just keep on going. Bob Marley
typewriters novelists poet
While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane. Billy Collins
type knows know-how
I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything. Billy Bob Thornton
typecast
The industry has a very short memory of what's possible, and they like to typecast you. Kevin Rahm
typewriters circumstances virginians
Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter. Daniel Handler
type-2-diabetes vampire boring
In the 1970s vampires were pretty boring. The scariest vampire was Count Chocula. One bite of Count Chocula and you were cursed with Type 2 diabetes. Craig Ferguson