"You are lovable, you are loving; your choices about food will reflect that, if you give yourself a chance."
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"Anyway, when I got out of the Army, I went to see a therapist. And she said, what seems to be the trouble? And I said I want to give all my money away. And she said, how much do you have? And I said, I owe $300. She stared at me for several seconds, and she said, I see. Well, let's get to work. And maybe by the time you do have some money, you'll be wise enough to know what to do with it."
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"Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about."
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"The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established."
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"Nature gives all, without reservation, and loses nothing; man or woman, grasping all, loses everything."
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"It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most."
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"People who ask "Can I ask you a question?" Didn't really give me a choice, did ya there buddy?"
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"Let's suppose we all just materialized on Earth and there was a bunch of potatoes on the ground, okay? There's just six of us. Only six humans. We come into a clearing and there's potatoes on the ground. Now, my instinct would be, let's everybody get some potatoes. "Everybody got a potato? Joey didn't get a potato! He's small, he can't hold as many potatoes. Give Joey some of your potatoes." "No, these are my potatoes!" That's the Republicans. "I collected more of them, I got a bigger pile of potatoes, they're mine. If you want some of them, you're going to have to give me something.""
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"The mind that is too ready at contempt and reprobation is, I may say, as a clenched fist that can give blows, but is shut up from receiving and holding ought that is precious."
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"It is always chilling, in friendly intercourse, to say you have no opinion to give."
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"There is in the blind as in the seeing an Absolute which gives truth to what we know to be true, order to what is orderly, beauty to the beautiful, touchableness to what is tangible."
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"Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand."
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"If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe."
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"The Lord loves the one that loves the Lord And the law says if you don't give, then you don't get loving Now the Lord helps those that help themselves And the law says whatever you do It comes right back on you"
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"The best thing anyone can give to humanity is God consciousness. Then you can really give them something. But first you have to concentrate on your own spiritual advancement; so in a sense we have to become selfish to become selfless."
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"My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can."
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"Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by respecting his neighbors."
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"It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us."
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"The prevalence of mental illness compels me to give it - and the people suffering from it - a voice."
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"Give me a little peace. A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought."
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