"Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?"
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"Anything can go away. There's no such thing as safety and security. You can do things that give you the illusion of safety and security, but there's really no such thing."
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"Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant."
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"Racism should be viewed as an intervening variable. You give me a set of conditions and I can produce racism in any society. You give me a different set of conditions and I can reduce racism. You give me a situation where there are a sufficient number of social resources so people don't have to compete for those resources, and I will show you a society where racism is held in check."
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"Come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy, That one short minute gives me in her sight"
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"Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste."
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"Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar."
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"Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence; the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature."
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"The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him."
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"God's faithful servant has no desire for people to say or to give to him, or what he likes to hear or see, for his first and greatest aim is to hear what is most pleasing to God."
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""Give us this day our daily bread," by "this day" we mean "at this time," when we either ask for that sufficiency, signifying the whole of our need under the name of bread, which is the outstanding part of it, or for the sacrament of the faithful, which is necessary at this time for attaining not so much this temporal as that eternal happiness."
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"Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee."
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"Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow."
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"Love is what I give to the one I love."
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"You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit."
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"There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons."
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"My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it."
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"The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice."
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"Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter."
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"A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents."
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