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" The Vietnam War was a great tragedy for our country. And it is now far enough away so that one can study without using the slogans to see what's really happened. "

Henry Kissinger

Tragedy

War

Country

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" We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see no sign that we are moving towards a world order in my definition of it - namely, a system which is accepted, which is internalized by the majority of the key participants. "

" The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. "

" I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. "

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

" The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. "

" While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges. "

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

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

" Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation. "

" I had great relationship with the Hispanic - we had a lot of Hispanics in the school actually from different countries, Venezuela, from Brazil, and they all played soccer, and I was on the soccer team, and I developed great relationships with them. "

" The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. "

" The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. "

" Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while. "

" A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

Night

Great

Darkness

" A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. "

" No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. "

" I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. "

" Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. "

" The pen and the written word hold a great deal of power. "

" Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Conversation

Arts

Great

" I've been musically inclined since I picked up an instrument in the fourth grade. I just really appreciate music. I love to listen to it; I love to sing. I wouldn't consider myself, like, a natural singer. I just developed it over time, honestly, just listening. I'm a great listener to music. "

" I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work. "

" Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. "

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

Daniel Boulud

Team

Great

" We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. "

" In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it. "

" Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions. "

" Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. "