"I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isâ€¦the higher achievement."

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Lois McMaster Bujold

#Greatness Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks moral authority and is seen as hypocritical. It is like preaching temperance from a bar stool.”
“Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak”
“Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.”
“We are against the majority tyrannizing the minority. But we are definitely against the minority tyrannizing the majority.”
“The post office says they're raising the price of stamps by one cent because they need to upgrade their equipment. Apparently, they're going from semi-automatics to uzis.”
“There wasn't any particular player I modeled my game after. I tried to learn from everyone and create my own style. I studied past players. Truth be told I never had a favorite player. It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people. I just go try to learn.”
“Jesus, the Word incarnate, is always the center of our announcement, the point of reference for our evangelizing mission and for its methodology, because He is the human face of God, who wishes to meet all men and women so as to bring them into communion with Him, in His love.”
“I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'”

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