We must dare to rise above the obstacles on our path.
Greatness is achieved, not only by doing great things, but also, by making the small things we do great.
I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.
When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.
I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.
Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.
I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all
Don't try to do great thing, but don't forget to do small things with great care and great love.
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