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Greats Quotes (page 152)

The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty....The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading, and carefully studying the institutes of the great Lawgiver and head of the Christian Church: which are to be found clearly written and promuligated in the New Testament. Samuel Adams
John Holt quote: "To a very great degree, school is a place where children learn..."
To a very great degree, school is a place where children learn to be stupid. John Holt
James Patterson quote: "Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was..."
Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true. James Patterson
Samuel Beckett quote: "Habit is a great deadener."
Habit is a great deadener. Samuel Beckett
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci. Alan Moore
Things like that happen all the time in this great big world of ours. It's like taking a boat out on a beautiful lake on a beautiful day and thinking both the sky and the lake are beautiful. So stop eating yourself up alive. Things will go where they're supposed to go if you just let them take their natural course. Haruki Murakami
Three can eat as cheaply as two, the well-known arithmetic of resignation in any family where a child is expected, now one can say with even greater authority, Ten million can eat as cheaply as five, and with a quiet smile, A nation is nothing but a great big family. Jose Saramago
Nicolas Chamfort quote: "There is a melancholy that stems from greatness of mind."
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness of mind. Nicolas Chamfort
David Eddings quote: "When love is involved no sacrifice is too great."
When love is involved no sacrifice is too great. David Eddings
many people think that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. But there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go - and then to do it. Ann Landers
Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society? things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed. E. B. White
This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death. Swami Vivekananda
A critical assumption is sometimes made that [Grisham, Clancey, Crichton & myself] have access to some mystical vulgate that other (and often better) writers cannot find or will not deign to use. I doubt if this is true. Nor do I believe the contention of some popular novelists... that thier success is based on literary merit -- that the public understands true greatness in ways the tight-a**ed, consumed-by-jealousy literary establishment cannot. This idea is ridiculous, a product of vanity... Stephen King
Mark Twain quote: "I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and..."
I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect. Mark Twain
We always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes. Paulo Coelho

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