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.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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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.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it's not much of my thing to comment on everything that's written about me.
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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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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.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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I'll always love movies. But there's something I love very much about TV, when you shoot episodes while other episodes are still being written.
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Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
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The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
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Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you.
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Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
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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.
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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!
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The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
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Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
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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.
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Time really has gone by fast. I don’t know if your path is pre-written or what, but it’s crazy how one thing just leads to another.
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The invention of writing will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom.
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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.
