"Don't give to get. Give to inspire others to give."
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"Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics! I've heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I've never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis."
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"Silence gives the proper grace to women"
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"To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return."
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"You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them."
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"Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!"
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"A woman who would steal your love when your love was really all you had to give was not much of a woman."
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"Giving men marriage tips is a little like offering Vikings a free booklet titled How Not to Pillage."
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"Education is like a diamond with many facets: It includes the basic mastery of numbers and letters that give us access to the treasury of human knowledge, accumulated and refined through the ages; it includes technical and vocational training as well as instruction in science, higher mathematics, and humane letters."
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"Writing is finally a series of permissions you give yourself to be expressive in certain ways. To leap. To fly. To fail."
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"Tremendous purity, tremendous renunciation, is the one secret of spirituality. “Neither through wealth, nor through progeny, but through renunciation alone is immortality to be reached,” say the Vedas. “Sell all that thou hast and give to poor, and follow me,” says the Christ. So all great saints and prophets have expressed it, and have carried it out in their lives. How can great spirituality come without renunciation?"
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"We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy. This union will give us the highest philosophy."
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"Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams."
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"I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving."
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"Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status."
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"I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then."
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"For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have."
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"I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and dont give them a lot of credence."
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"I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to focus on me, me, me, my career, my life, just me - blinders."
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"Fame can be very disruptive. It can be like a drug. It gives you the feeling that you're happy, it gives you the feeling of self-importance, it gives you the feeling of fullfilment; but it can distract you from what is really important."
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