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Great Work Quotes (page 3)

Faustina is a great work of the Creator. She has nothing of what you call brains; she doesn't need them for her destiny... It is to be glorious for a few years: not to outlive some dull husband and live on his money till she is eighty, going to lectures and comparing the attractions of winter tours that offer the romance of the Caribbean. Robertson Davies
Until you're about the age of twenty you read everything, and you like it simply because you are reading it. then between twenty and thirty you pick up what you want, and you read the best, you read all the great works. after that you sit and wait for them to be written. But you know the least know, the least famous writers, they are the better ones. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Generally there is in man a divinity which strives to push him onward and upward. We believe that this power within him is the spirit that comes from God. Man lived before he came to this earth, and he is here now to strive to perfect the spirit within. At sometime in his life, every man is conscious of a desire to come in touch with the Infinite. His spirit reaches out for God. This sense of feeling is universal, and all men ought to be, in deepest truth, engaged in the same great work—the... David O. McKay
Albert Camus quote: "Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are..."
Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying. Albert Camus
We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much to live outside of time... detached. Federico Fellini
What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity. Paulo Coelho
Gilbert Murray quote: "Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy..."
Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. Gilbert Murray
Eugenio Montale quote: "Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has..."
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. Eugenio Montale
John N. Mitchell quote: "Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works."
Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works. John N. Mitchell
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. Henry Miller
Vince McMahon quote: "I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic."
I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic. Vince McMahon
I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment. Caroline Dhavernas
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process. Joseph Priestley
Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large. Jan Egeland
If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems. Claire McCaskill

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