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" Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. "

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" I can't imagine what it must be like to be one of the indigenous people of the United States of America. I can't imagine watching the news every day - as people debate whose country this is and who should be in charge of it and how to make it great again - and hardly ever see your people brought into the discussion. "

W. Kamau Bell

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" There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. "

" Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps. "

" In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'. "

" Great people have great values and great ethics. "

" I just wanna learn and I wanna grow. I wanna consume as much information as possible. I wanna be great. "

" Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. "

" It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories. "

" For a selfie, it's not about the pose, it's about you. There's a reason why you look great in the picture or you look great in real life, because someone has caught the essence of who you are, and a pose is not you. "

" 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. "

" Owning a great golf course gives you great power. "

" Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social. "

" To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike. "

" We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same. "

" The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it. "

" I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman's skillet and the man's ax-helve. "

" Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them. "

" People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling. "

" Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience. "

" It's great to be able to have your feet in both worlds. I wouldn't want to be just stuck in one or the other. "

" Forensic science offers great potential, as it draws on almost every discipline and, in doing so, creates widespread opportunity for innovation. "

" There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see, the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before. "

" There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. "

" The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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" It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal. "

" A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you're not sure whether you went out or you came home and confuses you. If it can do both of those things at the same time, you're hooked. "

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

" It's not like a boss and artist relationship; it's like a big brother to a younger brother relationship, and he's a great guy. So big shout-out to Akon and the Konvict Muzik crowd. "

" A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle. "

" A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. "