Famous Quotes: Great

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
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When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
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The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
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I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit.
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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
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When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.
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To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.
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Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
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I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.
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We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker again. It's a phenomenal script and a great, great role - I play his son. Oprah Winfrey is his wife and my mother. My character is a radical civil rights activist.
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We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.
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The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
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The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.
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In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.
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