“No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.”
— George Eliot
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Great hopes make great men.
“Great hopes make great men.”
— Thomas Fuller
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After great pain, a formal feeling comes.
“After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.”
— Emily Dickinson
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What seems to be generosity is often
“What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The essence of America – that which
“The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.”
— Condoleezza Rice
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Most great records really start with the
“Most great records really start with the drums.”
— Billy Corgan
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A great photograph is one that fully
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
— Ansel Adams
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I think making mistakes and discovering them
“I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.”
— Shelby Foote
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One of the greatest diseases is to
“One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.”
— Mother Teresa
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Instead of comparing our lot with that
“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.”
— Helen Keller
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A great architect is not made by
“A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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