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And what do you fear lady ’ he asked. ‘A cage ’ she said. ‘To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire. J. R. R. Tolkien
Audrey Hepburn quote: "There is one difference between a long life & a great dinner;..."
There is one difference between a long life & a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last. Audrey Hepburn
All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything. Napoleon Bonaparte
there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness. Tom Brokaw
The problem is that the choice we make in the market don't fully reflect our values as citizens. We might make different choices if we understood the social consequences of our purchases or investments and if we knew all other consumers and investors would join us in forbearing from certain great deals whose social consequence were abhorrent to us. Robert Reich
There are a great many ways in which, the church, by its insistence upon what it chooses to call morality, inflicts upon all sorts of people undeserved and unnecessary suffering. Bertrand Russell
He wished he knew what to say to make her feel better, but the truth was, he didn’t feel all that great himself and he didn’t know if there were even any words in the English language to take away this kind of stunning shock, this understanding that the world isn’t the place you thought it was. Jodi Picoult
Savory...that's a swell word. And Basil and Betel. Capsicum. Curry. All great. But Relish, now, Relish with a capital R. No argument, that' the best. Ray Bradbury
The silver trumpets rang across the Dome; The people knelt upon the ground with awe; And borne upon the necks of men I saw, Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome. Priest-like, he wore a robe more white than foam, And, king-like, swathed himself in royal red, Three crowns of gold rose high upon his head; In splendour and in light the Pope passed home. My heart stole back across wide wastes of years. To One who wandered by a lonely sea; And sought in vain for any place of rest: Oscar Wilde
The dialectic of antiquity tended towards leadership (the great individual and the masses--the free man and the slaves); so far the dialectic of Christendom tends towards representation (the majority sees itself in its representative and is set free by the consciousness that it is the majority which is represented, in a sort of self-consciousness); the dialectic of the present age tends towards equality, and its most logical--though mistaken--fulfilment is levelling, as the negative unity of... Soren Kierkegaard
We three belong to the Middle Ages. We have this need of heroism, and there is no place for such feelings in modern life. That is our tragedy. Once I wanted to be a saint. It seemed the only absolute act left to do, for what is most powerful in me is the craving for purity, greatness. Anais Nin
Virginia C. Andrews quote: "Only someone who had cried a great deal understands why..."
Only someone who had cried a great deal understands why someone else wants to stop the tears. Virginia C. Andrews
Suzanne Collins quote: "We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great..."
We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self destruction. Suzanne Collins
Miley Cyrus quote: "Life's a climb. But the view is great."
Life's a climb. But the view is great. Miley Cyrus
Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches Zora Neale Hurston

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