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" Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions. "

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" There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which man feels at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way. "

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" The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years. "

" If there is one certainty in soccer, it is this: The quickest road to becoming a winning soccer team is to have a great goalkeeper. "

" Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. "

" A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. "

" We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely. "

" To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. "

" To me, there's no great chef without a great team. "

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" The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly. "

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" A great chef is an artist that I truly respect. "

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

" I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I'm going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: 'Lord, remember me.' "

" A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. "

" I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. "

" When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. "

" Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. "

" People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life. "

" If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny. "

" The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. "

" Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. "

" Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. "

" It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time. "

" I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. "

" We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return. "

" There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. "

" Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything. "

" I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. "

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" A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. "

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" But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants. "

" One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman. "