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• Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession”, p.14, Open Road Media

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• Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Giving, Suffering, Chosen

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• WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Christian, Food, Wine

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.238, University of Georgia Press

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• Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring.
  But who am I that I should have the best of anything?
  Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,
  ...beer is good enough for me.

  Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves

  Drinking, Beer, Men

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• Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Food, Turkeys, Cooking

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• God spoke to me clearly and said, 'Did I give my son Jesus on the cross expecting nothing in return?' God bankrupted heaven and gave the best gift he could give. He gave the best offering he could give. What did God need? He needed sons and daughters, he gave the very thing he needed. You can bring God a gift fully expecting something in return. Get to the phone!'

  Paul Crouch

  Daughter, Jesus, Son

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• When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery ... He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift.... There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.

  Thornton Wilder

  Happiness, Understanding, Alive

  "The Eighth Day". Book by Thornton Wilder, 1967.

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• Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

  Judy Blume

  Parent, Freedom To Choose, Freedom To Read

  FaceBook post by Judy Blume from Oct 16, 2014

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• Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people.

  George Stillman Hillard

  Greatness, Men, People

  Boston (Mass.), George Stillman Hillard (1853). “A memorial of Daniel Webster: from the city of Boston”, p.55, Little, Brown

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• I think humor is the best gift, and if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

  Cameron Diaz

  Thinking, Laughing, Laugh At Yourself

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• New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.

  Baratunde Thurston

  New York, Cities, Levels

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• Who can go to a rodeo and then criticize the hunter? ... an expertly placed bullet would be the best gift a rodeo horse could receive.

  Roger Caras

  Horse, Compassion, Hunters

  Roger A. Caras (1971). “Death as a Way of Life”

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• My love can't be purchased Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises.

  Nina Dobrev

  Surprise, Wells, Has Beens

  Twitter post from May 30, 2013

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• A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have in their power to bestow.

  Mary Cholmondeley

  Happiness, Childhood, Parent

  Mary Cholmondeley (2016). “Diana Tempest”, p.81, Mary Cholmondeley

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• God's gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

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• I have an extraordinary attention span. I manage to juggle two or three different ideas at the same time, and that's probably, if I have a gift, that's probably the best gift that's given me.

  Paul Newman

  Ideas, Two, Different

  "Nightline's Last Interview With Paul Newman". Nightline Interview, abcnews.go.com. May 2007.

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• Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.

  John Armstrong

  Fate, Heaven, Soul

  John Armstrong (2011). “John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice”, p.120, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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• One of the best gifts you can give to an animal is a donation of a blanket to your local animal shelter during the winter months.

  Carrie Ann Inaba

  Winter, Animal, Giving

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• The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving. That's what God did. At the loss of His Son's life to the totally undeserving, God gave the best gift - the display of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.

  John Piper

  Valentines Day, Son, Loss

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• My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Mother, Necks, Cranes

  Gary Shteyngart (2014). “Little Failure: A Memoir”, p.45, Random House

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• The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

  Amy Smart

  Moments, Live In The Present, Enjoy

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• I get really cool gifts, and I know this sounds really lame, but I think one of the best gifts I've ever received was the Easy Bake Oven when I was younger. When I was little, I loved to bake! I want to get one now so I can make weird mini desserts for people.

  Ashley Benson

  Thinking, People, Want

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Heaven, Arms

  "Faust". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1808.

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• It's the best gift in the world to be able to get up and dance because it's the best gym. You artistically stretch your brain and you physically stretch your body to a higher point than a singular rotation movement like running. It makes your whole body move in lots of different ways, and it can make you very flexible as well, which is good for later life.

  Andrew Stone

  Running, Moving, Brain

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through that book." On a personal spiritual note, Lincoln confessed, "I have been driven many times to my knees with the overwhelming conviction, that I had nowhere else to go.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Spiritual, Book, Believe

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