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• Organic chemistry just now is enough to drive one mad. It gives me the impression of a primeval forest full of the most remarkable things, a monstrous and boundless thicket, with no way of escape, into which one may well dread to enter.

  Friedrich Wohler

  Giving, Mad, May

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• About weak points [of the Origin] I agree. The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine known gradations, my reason tells me I ought to conquer the cold shudder.

  Charles Darwin

  Eye, Science, Thinking

  Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt (1993). “The Correspondence of Charles Darwin:”, p.75, Cambridge University Press

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• Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Friendship, Giving, Wave

  Song: Someone To Believe In, Album: Salute

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• Give me someone I can look up to, show me someone I can love.

  John Mellencamp

  Friendship, Giving, Looks

  Song: Danger List, Album: American Fool

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• Every year my boss used to give me a bottle of expensive brandy because I'd told him that my doctor suggested a drink once in a while. This year my boss gave me the name of a new doctor.

  Milton Berle

  Christmas, Doctors, Years

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• I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.

  Marisa Tomei

  Night, People, Giving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs.

  Chris Evert

  Workout, Air, Breathing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

  Mahmoud Darwish

  Believe, Light, Giving

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• There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment.

  Mira Sorvino

  Emotional, Giving, Acting

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• I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives me energy. I can't help it, it's my personality. I'd like to think it's not really a compulsion toward high risks, but the spirit of an entrepreneur.

  Jay Chiat

  Thinking, Agency, Years

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• My hatred gives me strength.

  Janet Fitch

  Hate, Giving, Hatred

  Janet Fitch (2002). “White Oleander”, Large Print Press

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• When I went back to Shea last year it really hit me how much the fans care for me, it still gives me goose bumps. I want to do the right thing for them and my family.

  Dwight Gooden

  Years, Giving, Fans

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• Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that something comes I leave to Thee, who knoweth best.

  Mary Webb

  Giving, Digestion, Lord

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• If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.

  Richard Rohr

  Giving, Mind, Want

  "Richard Rohr: Off the Road and On to the Living School". Interview with Jamie L. Manson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2013.

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• And when people give me their word, I listen to them.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  People, Giving

  "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.

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• I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a 'thing' at an earlier point in my career. I'm aware of having become a 'thing' now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

  Matt Damon

  Careers, Giving, Focus

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• I wanted a good relationship with my mother, and I realized I had a choice: Either I could spend all my time angry that she didn't give me the hugs I thought I needed, or I could understand that she hugs differently. It's not a spread-open-the-arms, 'come here' hug. She hugs by sheltering me from her worries.

  Chandra Wilson

  Mother, Giving, Good Relationship

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

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• If I want to know how I'm doing at work, I don't wait for a pat on the back; I ask the people who will give me a clear, objective opinion. When I need a real, arms-wrapped-around-me hug, I go to someone who does that. I stopped getting disappointed by my expectations from non-huggers.

  Chandra Wilson

  Real, People, Giving

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

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• I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Latin, America, Giving

  Guardian interviews at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2006.

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• The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.

  Amber Benson

  Writing, Games, Chess Game

  "Amber Benson: From vampires to 'Among the Ghosts'" by Louis Peitzman, www.sfgate.com. October 21, 2010.

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• When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

  Fantasia Barrino

  Giving, Mind, Forgotten

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• I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up.

  George Benson

  Player, Guitar, Giving

  "George Benson Interview From The Noise11.com Archives". Interview with Paul Cashmere, www.noise11.com. April 23, 2016.

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• I'm a Southerner. We dream of having the family and the kids, and the parents want grandkids, that's all they care about, give me some grandbabies.

  Lance Bass

  Dream, Kids, Giving

  "Lance Bass Wants to Get Married". The Daily Beast Interview, people.com. August 03, 2011.

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• I love HGTV. I love working on my house and have really been bit by the 'luxury remodeling' bug. 'Million Dollar Rooms,' 'Million Dollar Listing'... any show that can give me design inspiration, I soak it in and try my hand at it. Home Depot is my second home!

  Laz Alonso

  Inspiration, Home, Hands

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn't imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life.

  Jenny Agutter

  Enthusiasm For Life, Giving, Energy

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