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" The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. "

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" I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. "

Douglas MacArthur

" Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you're pampered, you get lazy. "

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

" It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time. "

Melanie Griffith

" 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. "

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

" Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" I don't like to do much with my hair - which is good, because I don't know how! I just always make sure I have a great haircut. "

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

" Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin of a willow, in the flight of the butterfly, in the chirping of a tree-toad or the sweep of an eagle - my life loves to see how others live, exults in their joy, and so far is partner in their great concern. "

Edward Everett Hale

" Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. "

" It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. "

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

" The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Channing Pollock

" A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. "

Rosalynn Carter

" Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. "

Charles de Gaulle

" And your very flesh shall be a great poem. "

" One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. "

" I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. "

Ernest Hemingway

" Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. "

Bertrand Russell

" To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. "

Charles de Montesquieu

" Half a truth is often a great lie. "

Benjamin Franklin

" There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich. "

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" Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. "

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" A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. "

" I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast. "

" Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease. "

R. Buckminster Fuller

" Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam