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" 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. "

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" I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. "

John Steinbeck

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Mind

Great

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir. "

" Spending time outdoors makes you feel great. "

" It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it. "

" It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. "

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

" People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life. "

" In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion. "

" 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. "

" Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one's own desires through which one listens. "

" As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. "

" If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires. "

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

" Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. "

" Behind every great athlete is a masterful coach that inspires the athlete to evolve into the strongest performer they can become. "

" I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. "

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

" Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. "

" Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization. "

" I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world. "

" A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

Happiness

Truth

Seek

" It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players. "

" One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. "

" I feel blessed that I haven't seen or felt real pain to be immune to it. But I am dreading the time it comes. I feel blessed to have everything going fine. My parents' health is good, my brothers are well-settled, I have a great brother-in-law and my own career is doing fine. I hope and pray that I am fit and fine always. "

" I had a project for my life which involved 10 years of wandering, then some years of medical studies and, if any time was left, the great adventure of physics. "

" Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained. "

" Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. "

" I love the sunrise, as I am definitely a morning person! It's a great time to get up and have a coffee in the garden by myself before everybody wakes up. "