"Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great."

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Ned Rorem

#Inspiration Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Causes Quotes

“The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.”
“European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat.”
“In almost every book I've written, there is a reference to a movie - legendary films, actors and actresses, and forgotten made-for-TV movies. The leaps poems make are not unlike the cuts in a film. The miniature and avant-garde prose poets have perhaps the most obvious ties to film, as a prose poem in its shape is not unlike a movie screen.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Love, honor, and negotiate.”

Source : Alan Loy McGinnis (2003). “The Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for”, p.209, Augsburg Books
“Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist.”

Source : Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row
“Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.”
“It wasn't that she was different from all the other girls at Jackson. That was obvious. It was that she made me realize how much I was just like the rest of them, even if I wanted to pretend I wasn't.”
“Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.”

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