Beryl Markham Quotes
Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone will say that he was a great man who never achieved greatness, and this will not only be trite, but wrong; he was a great man who never achieved arrogance.Beryl Markham
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I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
Salma Hayek -
I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
Victoria Justice -
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
Oprah Winfrey -
When 'Romeo and Juliet' came along, I fell in love with the way that it was written and how innocent and vulnerable it was and how different it was from 'True Grit.' I really liked that.
Hailee Steinfeld -
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Walter Scott -
Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
Rafael Cruz
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The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you.
Abu Bakr -
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Baltasar Gracian -
In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
Oscar Wilde -
Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!
Alexander Hamilton -
Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
Lisa Murkowski
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I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.
Jason Day -
I like the old school, then I add the new school, and I got a concoction of greatness. I can't miss; you can't miss with that.
Bernard Hopkins -
A president who believed that America's greatness is recoverable and expandable - a chief executive determined to lead us back to national restoration - would reject the crippling notions of national impotency that Obama has embraced.
David Limbaugh -
France cannot be France without greatness.
Charles de Gaulle -
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
John W. Gardner -
Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.
Plutarch
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'I have chosen you!' Keep that note of greatness in your creed. It is not that you have got God but that He has got you.
Oswald Chambers -
A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.
Kristen Connolly -
The director has to, I feel, be one step back, not only from cinema, but also from politics and all these issues in order to tell and depict the situation that spreads to people.
Sergio Leone -
Singing was always the thing - I played some leads in musicals. Then when I went to college, I joined a singing group.
Ken Howard -
Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.
John Delaney -
Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone will say that he was a great man who never achieved greatness, and this will not only be trite, but wrong; he was a great man who never achieved arrogance.
Beryl Markham