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" Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are. "

Nancy Lopez

Good

People

Pride

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" I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me. "

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" A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders. "

" Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great. "

" Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. "

Alexander Graham Bell

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" When I first moved to New York in 2006, I spent most of my time hanging out at and going to shows at a punk house in Crown Heights called The Fort where, amongst many roommates, my friend Johnny lived. Johnny loves The Germs, the legendary L.A. punk band fronted by the late, great Darby Crash. "

" Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. "

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

" The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people. "

" The greatest wealth is to live content with little. "

" I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day. "

" I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be. But I don't necessarily know that it's the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss. "

" Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. "

" The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator. "

Mstislav Rostropovich

Great

Hero

Cello

" I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. "

" Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. "

" The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. "

" Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events. "

" The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now. "

" A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. "

" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "

" Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. "

Humphry Davy

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" It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority. "

" Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. "

" As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. "

" My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work. "

" And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared. "

" Great things are won by great dangers. "

" We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. "

" By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen. "

" The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world. "