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"Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today, if I were a heathen, I would rear a statue to Energy and fall down and worship it!"
"A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation."
"He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person."
"...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday."
"What are you doing in Nicky's room, Rachel? Oooh! He summoned you to the west coast, didn't he? Did you kill him? Good for you taking care of that little problem? I should give you a bunny!" - Algaliarept"
"Beware how you give your heart."
"Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world"
"Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want."
"Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it."
"There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions."
"Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts."
"Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in."
"I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not to give a sermon, but to talk and discuss, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out."
"I went to the store and bought lady fingers, when I got home I noticed one of the fingers was missing so I went back to the store and the manager was nice enough to give me the finger."
"Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?"
"Some people are so talented and yet they don't even know it. There are so many different aspects to sport and how you can get involved. You might surprise yourself with what you can achieve, so give it go and see what you can do!"
"It is well known that a loose and easy dress contributes much to give to both sexes those fine proportions of body that are observable in the Grecian statues, and which serve as models to our present artists."
"Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth."
"I'm sorry I can't give you the normal life you wanted, but I promise to adore you every day for the rest of your new one."
"The impression is that love is something that happens to you like magic. That love is something others do for you, but that you cannot do for yourself. Love is not something you wait for. Love doesn't just happen. Love is something you do. When you want love, give love. Moment to moment, you make the choice whether to give love and be loved."
