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"I'm just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit."
"Wild swings in share prices have more to do with the "lemming- like" behaviour of institutional investors than with the aggregate returns of the company they own."
"God is love and doesn't ask for anything back in return. So it's that process of letting go and just allowing, and just being in that pure state."
"That is my home of love: if I have ranged, Like him that travels I return again, Just to the time, not with the time exchanged."
"Ready to go but never to return."
"Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed."
"I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls."
"The eloquence of one stimulates all the rest, some up to the speaking-point, and all others to a degree that makes them good receivers and conductors, and they avenge themselves for their enforced silence by increased loquacity on their return."
"...in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in the streets or villages...in the woods we return to reason and faith."
"I'd like to walk on the moon (and return)."
"No one knew where you were before you were born, but when you were born, it wasn't long before you found you'd arrived with your return ticket already punched."
"That which you bestow freely and willingly will bring you all the happy luck that a grateful universe knows how to return."
"Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion."
"Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return."
"If you come from insignificance and when you die you return to insignificance, then nothing is significant now."
"It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return."
"Let us return to 'no'. It has the charm of brevity."
"We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing."
"All the tragedies which we can imagine return in the end to the one and only tragedy: the passage of time."
"You have my word. If you return with me, you won't be harmed. I'd die first."
