"But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns."
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"I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times."
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"Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return."
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"Functional goods sold en masse earn a good return but breakthrough profits come from satisfying emotional needs."
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"I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me. And the cost is more than I can bear."
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"The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return."
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"I know that she deserves the best and purest love the heart of man can offer," said Mrs. Maylie; "I know that the devotion and affection of her nature require no ordinary return, but one that shall be deep and lasting."
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"Return good for good; return evil with justice."
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"God set the standard for giving love that demands nothing in return."
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"Earnestly I must exert myself in order to return as much as I have received."
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"I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere."
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"All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment."
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"When I was in the leverage buy-out business we bought Weetabix and we leveraged it up to make our return. You could say that anyone who was eating Weetabix was paying for our purchase of Weetabix. It was just business. It is the same for Liverpool."
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"If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return."
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"Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift."
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"Disney is beloved again. They can now attract the talent again and they can hold onto the talent again. People trust them again. It's all return since they went back to the why."
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"The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return."
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"There is a mandate to impose a voluntary return to traditional values."
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"And what will you give me in return, Severus?' 'In - in return?' Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, 'Anything."
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"If I go to the National Gallery and I look at one of the great paintings that excite me there, it's not so much the painting that excites me as that the painting unlocks all kinds of valves of sensation within me which return me to life more violently."
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