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• Give me the handling of a horse for twenty minutes, and I'll tell you what sort of a groom he has had.

  Anna Sewell

  Horse, Giving, Twenties

  Anna Sewell (2012). “Black Beauty”, p.171, OUP Oxford

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• I can't think why I was cursed with this inordinate desire to write, if the high gods weren't going to give me some more adquate means of expressing myself than that which my present pedestrian prose affords.

  Winifred Holtby

  Writing, Mean, Thinking

  Winifred Holtby, Alice Holtby (1941). “Letters to a friend”

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• After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.

  Ingrid Betancourt

  Years, Giving, Six

  Interview with Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2008.

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• Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.

  Johannes Gutenberg

  Conquer The World, Giving, Soldier

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• Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man's soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!

  Anne Ellis

  Sunset, Men, Giving

  Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Country, Attitude

  A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

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• I detest the word plot.  I never, never think of plot.  I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell you a story-maybe a thousand stories. The interaction between and among human beings is the only story worth telling.

  Stirling Silliphant

  Character, Thinking, Giving

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• I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me joy - unlike the cumulative experience of seeking publishers for them!

  Scott Bradfield

  Years, Giving, Joy

  "Go Forth (Vol. 15)". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. September 10, 2013.

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• Flying radio-controlled airplanes [is my guiltiest pleasure]. Only God would give me a hobby where I'm looking up to the sky. It's the only time where I am able to focus and concentrate on nothing but looking up. It's a fascinating hobby.

  Tyler Perry

  Airplane, Sky, Giving

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I don't need any more press. I get enough when I work, but environmental causes is one place where you can get me to open my mouth. And put my foot in it if necessary. I think the only thing I do that gives me any bragging rights in terms of energy conservation is sailing. Just using wind power.

  Morgan Freeman

  Thinking, Rights, Wind

  "Morgan Freeman has taste for clean energy". Interview with Adam Spangler, www.nbcnews.com. November 13, 2007.

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• Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

  Sadao Araki

  Army, Giving, Division

  "Until They Eat Stones" by Russell Brines, (p. 254), 1944.

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• When all that's left of me is love,
  Give me away.

  Merrit Malloy

  Giving, Left

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• I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that requires physical and mental preparation, so I get to prepare like an athlete for everything I do. I'm living the dream, man.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Dream, Jobs, Motivation

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• I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Home, Night, Giving

  "The GQ&A: Mark Wahlberg". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. January 11, 2012.

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• I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Practice, Giving

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• Realism gives me the impression of a mistake. Violence alone escapes the feeling of poverty of those realistic experiences. Only death and desire have the force that oppresses, that takes one's breath away. Only the extremism of desire and death enable one to attain the truth.

  Georges Bataille

  Mistake, Giving, Feelings

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• I was thinking about being more global in my work, which means trying more foreign countries and working with foreign filmmakers, hoping they would give me a new take on my work, a new point of view, reinvent me in some way.

  Nicolas Cage

  Country, Mean, Thinking

  "Nicolas Cage Gets Deadly in Bangkok Dangerous". Conference call, movieweb.com. September 09, 2008.

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• At this point, a lot of people have made their mind up about me one way or another. I'm sure there's a certain segment of writers who won't ever give me the time of day, hate me, don't get me, don't think I'm good, or whatever. I guess that's fine. It's only an opinion. There are other people who do get it, and can be objective. I could be wrong, but a lot of people, except for really young people, have made up their minds one way or the other.

  Joan Jett

  Hate, Thinking, People

  The Onion Interview, www.avclub.com. February 25, 1998.

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• I'm kind of the boss. I could fire myself if I ever got out of line, and I can hire myself too which is a good thing. It gives me a responsibility to the financial realities.

  Tony Krantz

  Responsibility, Reality, Fire

  Source: movieweb.com

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• If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort is in Psalms, Chapter 11, verse 3, it reads, "When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do?" That's really the question of the day.

  Max Lucado

  Pain, Fall, People

  Source: edition.cnn.com

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• The money for my movies mostly come from talented and generous friends willing to work for almost nothing. As a producer, my job is to get as many people to give me things for free as I could. And most people are kind, and they know how hard this kind of thing is, so they are willing to help how they can, and reduce their fees how they can.

  Amber Sealey

  Jobs, Giving, People

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• And as a Christian, I got something the world didn't give me, the world can't take away, so I find joy that can never be reduced to anything.

  Cornel West

  Christian, Giving, Joy

  "Cornel West Reconsiders President Obama". "Talk of the Nation" with Tony Cox, www.npr.org. August 2, 2010.

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• Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Conquer The World, Giving, Soldier

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• If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!

  Benito Mussolini

  Giving, Pleasure, Honour

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• It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story.

  Ashwin Sanghi

  Writing, Bad Day, Giving

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