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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity. — Charles Babbage
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress,… — Irving Babbitt
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt
When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely… — Lauren Bacall
I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose the last remnants of my… — Peter Ackroyd
I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or… — Michele Bachmann
Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. — Kevin Bacon
Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates… — Kevin Bacon
There is something great and terrible about suicide. — Honore de Balzac
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. — Honore de Balzac
Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years. — Joseph Barbera
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. — Francis Bacon
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. — Francis Bacon
Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest… — Erykah Badu
I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by… — Erykah Badu
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. — Lord Acton
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. — Walter Bagehot
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. — David Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams

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