Alexander Crummell Quotes
The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation, of a rare, in large majestic and abiding things which lifts them up to the skies.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
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This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.
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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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I loved being in a band.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.
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Life is not easy. But that's not the only truth that matters in this context. It also happens to be true that it takes just as much effort to have a "bad life," in which you don't get what you want, as it does to have a "good life," where you do. So given the choice, why not go for the good life?
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There are no absolutes in golf. Golf is such an individual game, and no two people swing alike.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation, of a rare, in large majestic and abiding things which lifts them up to the skies.
