"In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent."
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"Give me few men and women who are pure and selfless and I shall shake the world."
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"The Jivanmukta ('the living free' or one who knows) alone is able to give real love, real charity, real truth, and it is truth alone that makes us free."
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"Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God."
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"I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are living in real time and I've got to keep up with them. It's a miracle they even give me a royalty."
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"If people associate you with the idea of loads of money, they in turn will give some of that money to you."
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"The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don't do it. I have been out there. It is a mess...."
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"In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when. I ask those who feel that giving freedom to others somehow binds you, to please take a good look at what you are standing behind."
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"The past gives great examples of what can happen in the future. It's always important to remember."
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"They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture."
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"A more happy mind leads to quietness and clarity. And that clarity helps you have a greater capacity to do more and to become more successful and more giving."
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"The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?"
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"Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate."
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"I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is a little bit of patience."
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"If you are seeking, seek us with joy For we live in the kingdom of joy. Do not give your heart to anything else But to the love of those who are clear joy, Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair. For there are hopes: they are real, they exist – Do not go in the direction of darkness – I tell you: suns exist."
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"A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another"
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"The rebel is committed to giving a form and pattern to the world. It is a pattern born of the indomitable thrust of the human mind, the mind which makes out of the mass of meaningless data in the world an order and a form."
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"A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning of existence is only what we put into life by our own individual fortitude, as Sartre would hold, or whether there is a meaning we need to discover, as Kierkegaard would state, the result is the same: myths are our way of finding this meaning and significance."
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"Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it."
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"To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one."
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