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" As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis. "

Priscilla Presley

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" A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. "

" I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community. "

" All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream. "

" If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. "

William Tecumseh Sherman

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" There is strength in numbers, but organizing those numbers is one of the great challenges. "

" Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. "

" The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved. "

" I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others. "

" The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. "

" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Wind

" The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality. "

" Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity. "

" Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising. "

" A great man is always willing to be little. "

" To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. "

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Little Things

Great

Life

" Go for great. Own your game. Be kind. Get big things done. "

" In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are, and how you can do better someplace else. If somebody steals, that's different, but generally speaking, you want to let them down as lightly as possible. It's not a very pleasant thing. I don't like firing people. "

" I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way. "

" Even in times of great sadness, there are always moments where we crack up. "

" The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness. "

" Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with. "

" Our political leaders have great responsibilities, but as with many situations in life, people often rise or fall to meet your expectations. Our responsibility as citizens is to expect our leaders to lead and to give them enough support so that they may do so. "

" Keep it simple. I usually have my hair up in a ballet bun and a great pair of sunglasses for when I'm on the go. On vacation, all you need is a sexy dress and great perfume, paired with a gorgeous red lip. "

" What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

Man

Great

" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. "

" The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. "

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Important

Great

Life

" I never worked hard until I got to the Howard Law School and met Charlie Houston... I saw this man's dedication, his vision, his willingness to sacrifice, and I told myself, 'You either shape up or ship out.' When you are being challenged by a great human being, you know that you can't ship out. "

" Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. "

" You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. "

" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "