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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.
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.
last nine won
We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances. Eric DiBiase
last people ready year
We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there.
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
stayed
My father was convinced, I think rightly, that if he stayed in Russia, he would have trouble with Lenin. Leonid Hurwicz
stayed
When I was in my 20s in the 1970s, I read all of Jean Rhys. I have reread very little since because the first impressions were so powerful they have stayed with me. Linda Grant
stayed stopped
Going through different places, I stopped through Dubai and stayed there overnight. There I had an ultra-culture shock. Tequan Richmond
stayed
On an intellectual level, it stayed up on that level, ... It didn't get down to anything grisly, so I was delighted. Pat Buchanan
stayed
Short-range shots, you're going to know where it's going to come off, so I just stayed with it.
stayed until
She never showed up, ... We stayed until 4 in the morning. We don't know why she didn't come.
stayed
So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours. Joan Armatrading
stayed
I didn't go to school, because I never stayed anywhere long enough, so I was completely closed off from the outside world. I had no idea about anything. Neon Hitch
stayed women
I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused. Ciara
third year
We know we can win. That's what we're all here for. . . . This is my third year here and it's like it's my third different team, but we can win. Dwyane Wade
third
We're not disappointed at all. Third place is good.
thirds ifs
If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about. Brandon Jacobs
third
Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator.
third
I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible. Brittany Howard
third
When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut. Kevin O'Leary
third
I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws. Charles Nelson Reilly
third
One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors. Rupert Grint
third ticked
More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one. Bartolo Colon