"Our expectations of greatness have changed".
He still cannot say what moves him about the picture, but he knows that it is great; its greatness is what changes him.
"Our ratings of greatness of presidents change over time -- except for Lincoln.
Kazan had shared Odets's dreams of greatness and of change; they had also shared a railroad flat on West Fifty-seventh Street — the apartment, "saturated with disappointment," Kazan later said, where Odets wrote "Awake and Sing!," in a room so small that his typewriter, which he nicknamed Ambition Corona, had to rest on his lap.
Kazan had shared Odets's dreams of greatness and of change; they had also shared a railroad flat on West Fifty-seventh Street the apartment, "saturated with disappointment," Kazan later said, where Odets wrote "Awake and Sing!," in a room so small that his typewriter, which he nicknamed Ambition Corona, had to rest on his lap.
For anyone who doesn't appreciate the San Antonio Spurs' long run of greatness, this video might change their perceptions.
Greatness attracts greatness.
The Nets need the Deron Williams they thought they had acquired from Utah on Feb. 23, 2011, the one whose mere presence could reinvigorate a franchise, change perceptions, inspire greatness, energize a borough, start a new era.
And this one, for all its greatness, isn't going to change that.
The standards for greatness are fickle and perpetually change.
