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The early gigs were pretty panicky and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

Quote by Andy Partridge about time, people

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about mind

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about mistery, charm, fame, death

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about intelligence, originality, people, man

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about greatness, man

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about immorality, consequences, immortality, soul

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about feelings, indifference, man

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about bad

How shall we pass most swiftly from point to point, and be present always at the focus where the greatest number of vital forces unite in their purest energy. To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in...

Quote by Walter Pater about concentration, force, present, numbers, success, life

I've been working really hard to go to the Olympics. That's been my dream for my whole life. It would be great to have that dream come true.

Quote by Carly Patterson about work, dream, life

It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.

Quote by Carly Patterson

I received a great deal of feedback from users of Patterson Beams. Many of its features are not ones I use personally.

Quote by Robert Patterson about use

Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.

Quote by Alice Paul about end, contentment

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about family, independence, danger, pleasure, society, life, people

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about wealth, sacrifice, need, contentment

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

Quote by Luciano Pavarotti about art, magic, things, good, good luck, contentment

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

Quote by Luciano Pavarotti about past, contentment

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous, by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

Quote by James Payn about philosophy, poverty, hope

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is.

Quote by James Payn about bills, judges, waste, food, good, good luck

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences, while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.

Quote by James Payn about truth, literature, present