"Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss Can never hope to wage a Global Mission. No Holy Wars for them. The most the small Can ever give us is a nuisance brawl."
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"Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit."
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"Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the world to come in to you, and only that which you have expressed in your art to move back out again into the world."
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"I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley."
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"This deep sense of feeling that, 'I am' blessed can help you overcome any obstacle in life. It gives you courage and confidence and it will open you up for grace to pour in."
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"I have received and I want to give. This is the path to happiness and contentment."
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"The more you give, the more you will get. Then life will become a sheer dance of love."
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"Peace we achieve When we do not expect anything From the world, But only give, give, and give Unconditionally What we have and what we are."
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"What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example, advice."
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"Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use."
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"Love is not a thing to understand. Love is not a thing to feel. Love is not a thing to give and receive. Love is a thing only to become and eternally Be."
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"My life is only half full When I receive. My heart is completely full Only when I give."
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"What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence?"
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"God's Compassion - Eye gives us Not only one Chance But countless chances To change our wrong directions"
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"The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded."
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"There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give."
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"... And we talk it out. Lately, I've had Roy Thomas come in, and he sits and makes notes while we discuss it. Then he types them up, which gives us a written synopsis. Originally - I have a little tape recorder - I had tried taping it, but then I found no one on staff has time to listen to the tape again later. But this way he makes notes, types it quickly, I get a carbon, the artist gets a carbon ... so we don't have to worry that we'll forget what we've said."
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"In fact, I was too dumb to save any of the old comic books or the old artwork. I used to give them away."
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"In the entertainment industry all that anybody wants to do whether it's music or stories or dancing or comedy or whatever, they want to entertain the public. And they do it any way they can. Sometimes they concentrate simply on entertaining people and they don't care what message they are giving."
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"I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full."
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