- Nov 07, 2020
Great Quotes
Quotes on great moments and discoveries.
These quotes use 'great' to describe very different things - a lifelong search for spiritual mystery, nostalgic memories of finding great music collections while living abroad, and an honest mix of great and difficult experiences tied to identity and pride. Related reading: Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.
- River
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or gray was a Philip Sidney at heart.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by other's perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, they bussed us down to a screening of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in an old theater, and it was just a great experience.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, 'If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters.' So it was a great thrill to play there.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big Batman fan; to be honest, to be a part of any superhero movie would really fulfill all of my childhood fantasies. If I could get beaten up by Batman, and just be part of the franchise, even getting kicked through a window would be great!
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020