"He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Greatness Quotes

“The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.”
“There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.”
“A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.”
“But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may have been impeccable, your patience faultless to the end. But the philosophy of worm-fishing is that of results, of having something tangible in your basket when the day's work is done.”

Source : Bliss Perry (1916). “Fishing with a Worm”
“I know that some of the things which happen in these stories are not likely, but sometimes I wonder if they are not possible in some way.”

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“I think I did enough to make it. I think I made it as hard as possible for them to cut me by showing them what I can do. I think it's going to come down to numbers. I'm just going to wait, pray and hope it's God's will that I'm going to be on the Eagles. My first goal was to make this squad but if not, hopefully another team saw what I did and will want me.”
“My ultimate game - or at least one I would really like to see - would be something where it was like the beginning of George R. R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones', where you're Ned Stark, and you know that one of your friends has been murdered, and you go to the capital city and you have to navigate this web of court intrigue.”
“We women are a lot more powerful if we see ourselves as fighters on the same side. But itâ€™s easier to judge others - their choices and their bodies - than to think about the struggles we share.”

Source : Crystal Renn (2009). “Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

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