Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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"Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers?"William Hazlitt
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I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.
Charlton Heston
The reason there are no great poets and writers now is because there are no great deeds or heroes to write about. The world is becoming tame and sad and dreary.
Arthur Desmond
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.
Charles Reade
Roosevelt was a great personality, a great activist, a great preacher of the moralities, a great controversialist, a great showman. He dominated his era as he dominated conversations ... the masses loved him; he proved to be a great popular idol and a great vote getter.
Theodore Roosevelt
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