"It's very inexpensive to give a compliment."
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"The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time."
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"I trust that God wouldn't give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't have such faith in me."
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"May God give back to you in love all the love you have given."
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"To touch is to give life."
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"It’s not what happens to you, but how you handle it. If Life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If the lemons are rotten, take out the seeds and plant them in order to grow new lemons."
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"Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good."
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"Ask questions instead of giving direct orders."
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"In a Nutshell - Fundamental Techniques In Handling People; Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain; Principle 2 - Give honest and sincere appreciation; Principle 3 - Arouse in the other person an eager want."
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"Think of me as a fellow patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier could give some advice."
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"The Lord said that He was giving us a new president who is better than we deserve. He represents a reprieve from a New World Order that the Church is not prepared to face at this time."
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"When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out."
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"You can go left, you can go right, I don't give a damn. Just make a decision."
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"Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result."
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"You need not attempt to shake off or to banter off Romance. It is an evil you will never get rid of to the end of your days. It is a part of yourself ... of your soul. Age will only mellow it a little, and give it a holier tone."
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"Peace is our gift to each other."
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"Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!I am so weary of toil and of tears,-Toil without recompense, tears all in vain!Take them, and give me my childhood again!"
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"I’m so lucky to be in the position to give. It’s really a gift to give."
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"You're always getting a perfect vibrational match to what you predominantly give your attention to. But you've got to make the best of it. You've got to vibrate slightly different from where you are if you are going to improve where you are. You can't keep taking score of where your business is or your relationship is or your body is without continuing to create it as it is. To make improvement, you've got to reach for a different thought."
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"The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news."
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