"Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought."

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Cleopatra

#Greatness Quotes

“My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it's a matter that should be left to the good hands of historians and experts.”

Source : The Washington Post Translated Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.
“Of hobbies there are many, many, kinds. For example, money-making. But money-making is not exactly a hobby, for it will scarcely carry a boy along in continuous joy, comfort and pleasure - to say nothing of a full-grown man. Money comes, not because it is ridden as a hobby, but because a real hobby is ridden so cleverly and carefully that it oozes out money on the side!”
“To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.”

Source : Walter Scott (2015). “Rob Roy”, p.428, Walter Scott
“Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.”
“I have an idea that all sensible people will ultimately be damned.”

Source : "George Sterling, the Piedmontese restaurant connection" by Bruce Sterling, www.wired.com. April 5, 2017.
“No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just donâ€™t work out.”
“I'd go to a more civil party just to socialize, and I didn't know what to do with myself. So I drank a shot of tequila. And then I drank another one. I probably had four or five shots. I was like, "Tequila! It wakes you right up!" But no.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“She tossed her towel on her dresser and turned to the bed where shed left her PJs. Only it wasn't just her PJs on the bed anymore. Lucas, eyes wide, sat on the foot of her bed, about four feet from where she stood completely naked. She squealed. He laughed. She dashed for the towel. Once she had it around her, she glared from a still grinning Lucas to the door. "I'm killing Della!" He laughed again. "I'm afraid I might have to protect her for this one.”

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