"Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality."
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"Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over."
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"While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos."
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"We have to end the capitalist system. We have to make love our value. You are rich when you love and you are rich when you are giving away your time and what you have to help other people."
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"I like giving. Doing something for somebody else feels good."
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"Please give your life to peace, justice and care."
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"All the messages our kids are getting is money-taking, not giving."
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"I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day."
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"Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life."
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"Simply having the courage to say senseless things made me euphoric. I was free, with no need to seek or to give explanations for what I was doing. This freedom lifted me to the heavens - where greater love, one that forgives everything and never allows you to feel abandoned, once again enveloped me."
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"Whole-heartedn ess is a precious gift, but no one can actually give it to you. You have to find the path that has heart and then walk it impeccably....It' s like someone laughing in your ear, challenging you to figure out what to do when you don't know what to do. It humbles you. It opens your heart."
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"Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mind of no mean order would seem to have presided over the system we see-a mind certainly of considerably more comprehensiveness than that which presides over the various department of our own public works."
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"Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune."
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"It's a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else."
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"Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness."
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"The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power."
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"It is only life and love that give love and life."
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"To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times - The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give."
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"I don't want my wife to sleep with anyone but me, and I want to give her the same respect."
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"We will fight back against attacks on Latinos, on African-Americans, on women, on Muslims, on immigrants, on disabled Americans, on everyone. Whether Donald Trump sits in a glass tower or sits in the White House, we will not give an inch on this. Not now, not ever."
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