"He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing; we only receive from Him."
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"We should be talking about expanding Social Security benefits - not cutting them."
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"Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to its last Farthing, its contributors therefore to the public Exigencies are not to be considered a Benefit on the Public, entitling the Contributors to the Distinctions of Honor and Power, but as the Return of an Obligation previously received, or as payment for a just Debt."
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"You know, we recently played a benefit with my husband, Elvis Costello, and Sir Elton John, who is a mutual friend of ours. Playing with Elvis and Elton and accompanying them with my band was a pretty euphoric experience."
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"I don't think there's a thing I own that I will ever get the benefit of except through doing things with it."
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"Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits."
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"It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it."
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"It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood."
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"In a digital world, the gift I give you almost always benefits me more than it costs."
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"Putting your well-being first - like putting your oxygen mask on before you help the person next to you - that really benefits all your relationships."
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"When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return."
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"The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized."
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"What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit."
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"We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words."
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"When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves."
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"unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm."
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"Humanity happy, I get benefit. Humanity in state of trouble, or violence, I cannot escape from that."
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"We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside."
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"I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided over that kind of systematic outreach that I think needs to happen."
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"My hope is Donald Trump makes things better. And if he does, we'll all benefit from it."
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