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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
Bette Davis on great

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
Pindar on great

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.
Jacques Yves Cousteau on great

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.
F. Scott Fitzgerald on great

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 trivial truth is false the opposite of a great truth is also true.
Niels Bohr on great

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 the happiest.
Peace Pilgrim on great

Great art picks up where nature ends.
Marc Chagall on great

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 on great

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
Henry A. Kissinger on great

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.
Henny Youngman on great

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
Friedrich Schiller on great

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.
Alice Cooper on great

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.
Matthew Henry on great

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
James Russell Lowell on great

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Thomas Fuller on great

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.
Wentworth Miller on great

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.
Jean Genet on great

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.
James Freeman Clarke on great

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.
Matthew Modine on great

He was as great as a man can be without morality.
Alexis de Tocqueville on great