Baltasar Gracian Quotes
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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 made my first movie when I was five.
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This bikini made me a success.
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Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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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 always knew I was destined for greatness.
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At 8, I made a pact with God.
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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
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Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
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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 think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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When I was five I had violin lessons.
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I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable.
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I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician.
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When God made up this world of ours, He made it long and wide, And meant that it should shelter all, And none should be denied.
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Having our fundamental assumptions about life challenged is never a comfortable thing.
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The next big thing is the one that makes the last big thing usable.
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Of actions some aim at what is necessary and useful, and some at what is honorable. And the preference given to one or the other class of actions must necessarily be like the preference given to one or other part of the soul and its actions over the other; there must be war for the sake of peace, business for the sake of leisure, things useful and necessary for the sake of things honorable.
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Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
