"Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot."
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"I never expected anything to be given to me."
"Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy."
"It seems as if the day was not wholly profane in which we have given heed to some natural object."
"All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us."
"All of my writing is God-given."
"I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more."
"A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many."
"The person with the most certainty in a given situation will influence the other."
"Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given."
"God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded."
"That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away."
"Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out."
"Everyone picks the best one when given a choice."
"Every person has God-given gifts; when you're using those gifts in your life then you're fulfilling your purpose, and that is beautiful."
"The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead."
"When you invent something, there will always be people to criticise. God's creation is full of critics, but has God given up His creation because of the critics?"
"I've never given a speech without being terrified first."
"Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance."
"The utilities and facilities of major corporations can be confiscated and given to democratic collectives"