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" To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. "

Edgar Allan Poe

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" Half a truth is often a great lie. "

Benjamin Franklin

" I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities. Bobby Flay is one of my dearest friends and a tremendous mentor for me. Mario Batali is the same way. They began doing TV a little before me and they showed me the way. "

" 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. "

Elizabeth Gilbert

" Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success. "

" The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true. "

Edgar Allan Poe

" The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one. "

" It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team. "

" My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. "

" What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? "

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

" Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions. "

" We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely. "

Jiddu Krishnamurti

" My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses. "

" Years ago I went into my laboratory and said, 'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the universe was made for?' The Great Creator answered, 'You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask for something more your size, little man.' "

George Washington Carver

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

Wernher von Braun

" Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

" Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity. "

" There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come. "

" You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset. "

" The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations. "

" Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. "

" Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective. "

Karen Salmansohn

" Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. "

" One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury. Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height. "

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

" 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

" I look at my father. He is one of my heroes. He is such an incredible, classy man. He was such a great father and such a great husband in so many ways, and we lived through some pretty tough times losing my mom. When I see all that he did, I think, 'Wow, that's a really wonderful man.' "

Emmanuelle Chriqui

" I've gotten to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people and do all kinds of great things, so it's, like, surreal. It just lets you know how time flies, especially when you're having fun. It seems like time keeps going by faster as I get older. "

" You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful. "

" Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one. "

" Small aim is a crime; have great aim. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam