History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.

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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare

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Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

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In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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Watching the world's best compete fires you up to achieve your own feats of greatness. When it comes to running, participation and spectating go hand in hand.

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What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life. ― Hermann Hesse

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