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Greatness Quotes
On what makes greatness genuine rather than assumed.
These lines weigh greatness against its opposites, noting how certain habits are incompatible with it and how proximity to great people can diminish or elevate those around them. Other quotes connect greatness to shared history and untapped regional potential. Continue with Achievement quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.
- Haul
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Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. George W. Bush brought the Liberty Bell. They use history to make greatness and achievements seem like something you can just take down from the shelf.
- Being Famous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.
- Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
- Mumbai
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I hadn't realised the greatness of film music till I was exposed to film songs after I started living in Mumbai.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020