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" There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister. "

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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

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

Wernher von Braun

" In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. "

" To do a great right do a little wrong. "

William Shakespeare

" Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

" You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward. "

" Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity. "

Robert M. Pirsig

" 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

" Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing. "

" Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. "

Harriet Beecher Stowe

" Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. "

" 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. "

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

Melanie Griffith

" The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. "

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Taking my bike out and riding the bike path along Lake Shore Drive, that's one of the great experiences in my life. And I hope to do it as long as I can. "

" Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks. "

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

" The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. "

" Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

" It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice. "

" 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. "

" He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze. "

Galileo Galilei

" Keep it simple. I usually have my hair up in a ballet bun and a great pair of sunglasses for when I'm on the go. On vacation, all you need is a sexy dress and great perfume, paired with a gorgeous red lip. "

" Throughout my career, I was blessed with great teams and great teammates. "

" My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am. "