But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.
I have worked for a lot of really great leaders and mentors that I felt provided me, along with many of my peers - many of them women - opportunities.
I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.
We see great growth in the United States. But also in China, Brazil, the U.K., and other markets around the world. So ecommerce is going to continue to be a great story for Walmart.
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.
I still read scripts, and if something great comes along, that's great... but this is my day job. The Row is where I go every day.
I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
When I joined politics, I was arrested in Luanshya... In 1960, I was with great people like Justine Chimba, Mazimba from Ndola and Dingiswayo Banda.
I'm out here to represent the gingers, the gypsies, and the outcasts. Because I am all of the above, and I'm all about having a great time.
I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.
Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
One of the great things about the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which my company iRobot designed, is that it's too cheap not to be autonomous.
I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success.
As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment or sex without sin.
A financial crisis is a great time for professional investors and a horrible time for average ones.
If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
'The Hollywood Reporter' was always in. You always got great tables. You always got great seats at screenings. You always got treated well if you were at the paper.
I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.
I've done great theatre, great films and had a lot of opportunities in television. I also love to sing, and I've been able to do that once or twice in the television shows.
