Great Men Quotes - Page 25

• There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public.

  Gore Vidal

  People, Stupidity, Maintaining

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• The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Men, Doe, He Man

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• For the greater a man's works for the future, the less the present can comprehend them; the harder his fight, and the rarer success. If, however, once in centuries success does come to a man, perhaps in his latter days a faint beam of his coming glory may shine upon him. To be sure, these great men are only the Marathon runners of history; the laurel wreath of the present touches only the brow of the dying hero.

  Adolf Hitler

  Hero, Fighting, Men

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• But in the great hour Heaven sent the German people a great man, Herr von Cuno.

  Adolf Hitler

  Men, Heaven Sent, People

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.

  Rudolf Hess

  Distance, Men, Opposites

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• Don't just sit there and worry. Be proactive. Do something - anything - about what's worrying you so you can gain information, focus and control over the situation. I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.

  Mark Twain

  Worry, Focus, Information

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• Faith takes a great many forms, suited to a variety of sensibilities, and mine happens to suit me very well.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Suits, Form, Wells

  "One of Obama’s Favorite Writers Redefines Spirituality". Interview with Gregory Barber, www.motherjones.com. October 25, 2015.

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• A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.

  Leonard J. V. Compagno

  Men, Littles, Power Corrupts

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• What the great mentor is always looking for is a person who is willing to tap his genius, to put it through the refiner's fire, to do the hard work to develop it. Indeed, mentoring is the medieval art of alchemy-turning plain old human steel into hearts and minds of gold.

  Oliver DeMille

  Art, Hard Work, Fire

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• My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long as you don't hurt anyone and you're happy. My Mum's great; I adore her.

  Colin Farrell

  Hurt, Long, Taught

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• St. Thomas is really a great man quite apart from his saintliness.

  Carl Jung

  Men, St Thomas

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

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• Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single.

  Paul Tournier

  Loyalty, Self, Needs

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• A long time ago, when I was married, in the beginning it was bliss. I eloped after one month, and I married for security. I thought, 'I finally met a man who loves God and comes from a great family. I'm working, I love God, and I'm out here in California by myself, and I've met this great man.' So, I said yes. And we eloped.

  Tichina Arnold

  Men, California, Long

  "Exclusive: Tichina Arnold On Her Past Love Mistakes and Preparing to Remarry". Interview with Charli Penn, www.essence.com. March 27, 2012.

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• I have known a great many politicians who have not managed to stay in power for 16 years. I have nevertheless already managed to remain at the helm for 18 years. I still want to achieve a great many things for my country. Experience is not a disadvantage here, especially as the head of government of a small country in a European setting that has become more difficult.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Government, Years

  "The Demons Haven't Been Banished". Spiegel Online Interview, www.spiegel.de. March 11, 2013.

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• The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline; Anaïs Nin is borderline; Djuna is borderline; etc. etc. Borderline personality disorder being an overwhelmingly gendered diagnosis. I write in Heroines: “The charges of borderline personality disorder are the same charges against girls writing literature, I realize - too emotional, too impulsive, no boundaries."

  Kate Zambreno

  Girl, Writing, Greatness

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Kate Zambreno". Interview with Gina Frangello, therumpus.net. November 18, 2012.

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• Bible says the tree is known by his fruit. We can also say that the great man is known by his undreamed dreams!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Dream, Men, Tree

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• Great men honour intelligence, little men honour stupidity.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Stupidity, Littles

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• He who is neither afraid of the wolves nor hurts the lambs, He is called a great man!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Hurt, Men, Lambs

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• We live in a much more complicated time than when Superman was created 75 years ago. Or even when Superman The Movie was created in the 70s. There are great advances but with those come a great many complications.We felt that the character needed to grow up in that kind of environment and had to face those kinds of colossal choices that were not going to be easy. It's difficult to figure out the right path. And even if you do good there are causalities to your choices. We thought it would be compelling.

  Charles Roven

  Growing Up, Character, Years

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• If you ever get a high official position in your country, you must see the interests of the humanity much more important than the interests of your own country; only then you will deserve to be called a great man!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Country, Men, Humanity

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• The Arab and Islamic nation has lost a great man and one of its fearless men who dedicated his life to the service of the people of this nation and their aspirations.

  Saad Hariri

  Islamic, Men, People

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• A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.

  Denzel Washington

  Opportunity, Men, Play

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• A good man fights for himself. A great man fights for everyone else

  Philip DeFranco

  Fighting, Men, Good Man

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• It is not obligatory for a generation to have great men.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Men, Generations

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• There are some simple maxims which I think might be commended to writers of expository prose. First: never use a long word if a short word will do. So, if you want to make a statement with a great many qualifications, put some of the qualifications in separate sentences. Third: do not let the beginning of your sentence lead the reader to an expectation which is contradicted by the end.

  Bertrand Russell

  Simple, Thinking, Long

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.37, Routledge

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