"If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry will decline, just as a population which does not give birth will eventually dwindle."
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"I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway."
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"I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not."
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"We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that."
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"I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn't be frightened of creating themselves - that's why I make things very open, with things for people to do."
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"I'm not giving any guidance, OK. I mean, you know, mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right? Anyway, so he's [Sean] doing his own thing."
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"What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect."
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"What makes critics dictate what is cool and what is not. What gives them the pass to say that their opinion on music or movies or anything is what should be cool and what shouldn't. I don't think it should be up to one person."
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"I just kind of shoot the finger to the critics. I don't give sh - what a critic says. To me a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions."
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"I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business."
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"As long as we're fit, we just have so much to give on the court."
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"I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!"
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"In giving respect we can be very happy, because we can do it in all situations. When we expect respect we are miserable, because it is not that everyone in every situation will respect us."
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"Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength."
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"Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service."
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"Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna."
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"The division is based on knowledge, based on qualifications - but as I learned from the factionless, a system that relies on a group of uneducated people to do its dirty work without giving them a way to rise is hardly fair."
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"It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil."
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"I have to admit that Christina is good—though I don’t like giving credit to Candor smart-mouths—and so is Peter—though I don’t like giving credit to future psychopaths."
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"It would be stupid to confide your entire plan to one person. It’s infinitely smarter to give little pieces of it to each person working with you. That way, if someone betrays you, the loss isn’t too great."
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