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"The greatest part of mankind ... are given up to labor, and enslaved to the necessity of their mean condition; whose lives are worn out only in the provisions for living."
"I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen."
"What was given to us by the past is adapted to the possibilities of the future."
"Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly."
"I pledged to work for righteousness. God's given me inspiration. God's the boss, he tell me what to do."
"Love and death are the great gifts that are given to us; mostly they are passed on unopened."
"In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold."
"Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act."
"Everyone shines, given the right lighting."
"To whom much is given, much is required."
"If God didn't want you to masturbate, he would have given you short arms."
"The call to adventure is the point in a person’s life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not."
"For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question: What is human existence?"
"To a large extent, whether you suffer depends on how you respond to a given situation."
"Any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things"
"Experiences aren't given to us to be 'got over,' otherwise they would hardly be experiences."
"All love is sweet, given or received."
"I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools."
"That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness."
"I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability."
