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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ralph Waldo Emerson Samuel Johnson Lucius Annaeus Seneca John Ruskin Thomas Carlyle Benjamin Disraeli Orison Swett Marden
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
I wear black skinny-fit jeans - I can't get away from them. It's funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great.
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle.
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.
Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.
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.
Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are …
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivi…
The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

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