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"In other periods of depression, it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope-nothing of man."
"If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's Loving Kindness."
"True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests."
"Sharing money is what gives it its value."
"I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name."
"The soldier's business is to take life. For that he is paid by the State, eulogized by political charlatans and upheld by public hysteria. But woman's function is to give life, yet neither the State nor politicians nor public opinion have ever made the slightest provision in return for the life woman has given."
"Actors should never give interviews."
"If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable."
"Before you can pick a social-media strategy, you have to think of your customer and what the value proposition is for them. Social media is a way to engage customers, not to give your business a 'shout out.'"
"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."
"I don't give parties, and I'm not in that social scene. I couldn't care less."
"I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential."
"[in the sleeve notes for The Beach Boys 1964 album, "All Summer Long"] They say I live a fast life. Maybe I just like a fast life. I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. It won't last forever, either. But the memories will."
"...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it."
"Even the humblest mammal's strong sexual, parental, and social instincts give rise to 'do unto others as yourself' and 'love thy neighbor as thyself'."
"Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint."
"One cannot ignore half of life for the purposes of science, and then claim that the results of science give a full and adequate picture of the meaning of life. All discussions of 'life' which begin with a description of man's place on a speck of matter in space, in an endless evolutionary scale, are bound to be half-measures, because they leave out most of the experiences which are important to use as human beings."
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."
"Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent."
"All our days are marked with/ unexpected/ affronts--some/ disastrous, others/ less so/ but the process is/ wearing and/ continuous./ Attrition rules./ Most give/ way/ leaving/ empty spaces/ where people should/ be."
