"Great people aren't those who are happy at……" — Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy."
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- Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophy. — Sumner Redstone