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My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She'd buy art supplies and all… — Unknown Author
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. — Lord Chesterfield
To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. — Lord Chesterfield
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a… — Lord Chesterfield
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in… — Lord Chesterfield
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you,… — Julia Child
I really love Steve Martin and all the stuff he did in the '70s. I think it's really great. — Margaret Cho
I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do a… — Margaret Cho
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about… — Margaret Cho
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Thrift is of great revenue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was… — John Cleese
In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a… — Noam Chomsky
You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a… — Tommy Chong
Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great… — Amy Chua
Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little. — Amy Chua
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they… — Amy Chua

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