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Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals. -- William Graham Sumner
Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals -- William Graham Sumner
For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. -- Michael Rostovtzeff
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. -- John Ruskin
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. -- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great. -- Jennifer Gilmore
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general. -- Barbara Tuchman
I love Africa in general South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries. -- Paris Hilton
I am an admirer of haiku, and I'm a great admirer of Japanese literature in general. -- Richard Flanagan
I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music. -- Marilynne Robinson
Buster Keaton's 'The General,' from 1927, I think is still one of the great films of all time. -- Peter Jackson
Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie! -- James L. Brooks
Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good. -- Pope Benedict XVI
Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns for our shareholders. -- Mary Barra
It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me. -- Andrea Bocelli
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers. -- Steven Berkoff
Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think my life in general, like that of any human being, has highs and lows, has moments of great light and moments of great darkness. -- Thalia
My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general. -- Robert Duvall
I've been so fortunate in life to have worked for such great organizations, with great owners and general managers and all the great players, along with the support of my family. -- Tony La Russa
When my editors and I at 'Rolling Stone' came up with the idea to do a profile of General McChrystal, I simply just e-mailed General McChrystal's press staff, said we wanted to do a profile, and said if you could give us any time to hang out with the general, that would be great. -- Michael Hastings
It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own. -- Joe Biden
All great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ungracious and indelicate as generals, because they are confident of their impunity. -- Anton Chekhov
A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty. -- Benjamin Disraeli
Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout. -- Thomas Sydenham

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