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Greatness is a property for which no man gets credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.

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I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

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Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

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The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.

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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

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....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper moment they cannot be spent.

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The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

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There are selections so acute that they come to define a place, with the result that we can no longer travel through that landscape without being reminded of what a great artist noticed there.

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Who's gonna dare to be great?

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I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

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Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.

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To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.

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Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

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What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.

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As soon as there is life there is danger.

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Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

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The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy.

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In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.

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I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. just last week, I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.

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Farewell! a long farewell to all my greatness!

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