"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire PR officers."

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Source : "Book of Humorous Quotations" by Connie Robertson, (p. 29), 1998.

Daniel J. Boorstin

#Greatness Quotes #Achieve Quotes #Born Quotes

“Leon, no offense, but you don't exactly look like a hockey player." "I told 'em I was a goalie. That's where they put the guy who can't skate, right? Just like in baseball when they put the worst player at catcher.”

Source : Steve Hamilton (2007). “Winter of the Wolf Moon: An Alex McKnight Mystery”, p.119, Macmillan
“Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism.”
“I love being able to wear dresses and clothes that make me feel feminine and beautiful, and I love the fact that I don't have to all the time; I can wear a tank and jeans.”
“But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.”
“Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him.”
“There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.”
“The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.”
“Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.”

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