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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
merely please stars struck
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. John Webster
merely movies problem putting taking thinking
The problem with much of that thinking is that it's taking something from today, like movies, and merely putting it on the Web. Eric Rasmussen
merely remark subject
Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work. Charles Hodge
merely politics
Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools.
merely ownership raise raises reform
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
merely proper
Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims. bell hooks
merely
No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing. Oscar Wilde
merely
'Accepting the Christ' is merely a shift in self-perception. Marianne Williamson
merely quotes
You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. Niels Bohr
ordinary ridiculous buried
There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person. Alan Moore
ordinary earth violence
In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on the extraordinary violence and suddenness of changes, both in the inorganic crust of the earth, and in organic types, instead of attempting strenuously to frame theories in accordance with the ordinary operations of nature. Charles Lyell
ordinary stories littles
I did stories about unexpected encounters, back roads, small towns and ordinary folk, sometimes doing something a little extraordinary. Charles Kuralt
ordinary-things ordinary excited
I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things. David Hockney
ordinary
Live a life less ordinary. Benedict Cumberbatch
ordinary half waste
The interruptions of the telephone seem to us to waste half the life of the ordinary American engaged in public or private business; he has seldom half an hour consecutively at his own disposal - a telephone is a veritable time scatterer. Beatrice Webb
ordinary different sound
My family is out of the ordinary in our physical lifestyle and the day-to-day things that we deal with, but my approach to them is pretty rational and sound. And I'm the quiet one! It's very different from my performing life. Dee Snider
ordinary god-love divine
The divine love of God turns ordinary acts into extraordinary service. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
ordinary genius done
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials. Benjamin Haydon
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude.
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
purpose hell christ
The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ. Aiden Wilson Tozer
purpose use language
It is as though the ancestors who made language and knew from what bestiality its use rescued them are saying to us: Beware of interfering with its purpose! For when language is seriously interfered with, when it is disjoined from truth, be it from mere incompetence or worse, from malice, horrors can descend again on mankind. Chinua Achebe
purpose assumption
We were created for a purpose and when our underlying assumptions don't reflect this deeper purpose, we begin to whither as human beings. David Kim
purpose kind
On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.
purpose slave
Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves. David Graeber
purpose trends advertising
Infiniti ads are part of an exciting new trend called "Advertising Whose Sole Purpose Is to Irritate You." Dave Barry
purpose growing lost
But we have to ask ourselves, what's the purpose of the stock market? It's supposed to be a source of capital for growing business. It's lost that purpose. Mark Cuban
purpose miserable persons
Miserable are the persons who do not have something beyond themselves to search for.
purpose strange comedy
Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function. Bo Burnham
spending enjoy ifs
What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? Alan Watts
spending born deficit-spending
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending. Al Sharpton
spending combination increase
If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination. Bobby Scott
spending-time spending feels
Spending time outdoors makes you feel great. Elizabeth Hurley
spending
I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars. Leon Wieseltier
spending
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. William J. H. Boetcker
spending federal-spending
Federal spending is atrocious. Jason Chaffetz
spending
I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign. Craig Benson
spending
know that there has to be a spending limit. Arnold Schwarzenegger
using-people gay evil
One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality. Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda to destroy the Kingdom of God and as many souls as he can. Alan Chambers
using-your-talents giving bird
Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best. Bernard Meltzer
using whether
I think every woman should be using a foundation, whether it's liquid or compact. Aerin Lauder
using
The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one. George Wald
using
This current round of gigs, I'm just doing it using pure electronics. Tom Jenkinson
using work
When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt. Lucy Liu
using
We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.' Ban Ki-moon
using
Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it.
using
It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done. Allison Tolman