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The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people. ↗

— Kenneth Clark

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New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that were needed. Technologies like these are innovative and represent great achievements for us. ↗

— Marc Garneau

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I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He has many fans out there because of his great achievements and breaking world records in Olympics. I've done the same and it's a great honour. I'm happy and I'm happy for him. ↗

— David Rudisha

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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

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All great achievements require time. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

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The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz. ↗

— Marc Ribot

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And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession. ↗

— Florenz Ziegfeld

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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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