I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Stephen Leacock believerfindgreat Change image and share on social
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! Robert Browning aimfategreat Change image and share on social
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott charmconceitdanger share on social
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe deeddesiregreat Change image and share on social
Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain. Kanye West artclichecreative Change image and share on social
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. John Dewey advanceaudacitygreat Change image and share on social
I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father. Herb Ritts desertdoorfamous share on social
Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English comes in a great many varieties, and black English is one of them. John McWhorter blackcalldialect Change image and share on social
Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies, too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music. Allison Anders experiencegreatjoy share on social
