I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.

—Maxwell Anderson

About Maxwell Anderson

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James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist.

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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

—Maxwell Anderson

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By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.

—Grenville Kleiser

Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.

—Eric A. Burns

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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

—Isaac Bashevis Singer

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