Granted Quotes - Page 8

• Tis ever thus when favours are denied;
  All had been granted but the thing we beg:
  And still some great unlikely substitute--
  Your life, your soul, your all of earthly good--
  Is proffer'd, in the room of one small boon.

  Joanna Baillie

  Soul, Favors, Rooms

  Joanna Baillie (1806). “A series of plays in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind: each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy”, p.98

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• Life is a thin narrowness of taken-for-granted, a plank over a canyon in a fog.

  Rose Wilder Lane

  Taken, Fog, Life Is

  "The Ghost in the Little House" by William V. Holtz, (ch. 7), 1993.

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• Trading has taught me not to take the conventional wisdom for granted. What money I made in trading is testimony to the fact that the majority is wrong a lot of the time. The vast majority is wrong even more of the time. I've learned that markets, which are often just mad crowds, are often irrational; when emotionally overwrought, they're almost always wrong.

  Richard Dennis

  Mad, Majority, Crowds

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• most Americans are in deep awe of things-as-they-are. Even with everything this obviously out of control, they still tell themselves that those in authority must know what they are doing, and must be describing our condition to us as it really is; they still take it for granted that somehow what is, what is done, must make sense, can't really be insane. These assumptions exercise a tyranny over their minds.

  Barbara Deming

  Exercise, Mind, Insane

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• The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Business, Power, Opportunity

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1984). “Change Masters”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions.

  Ruth Rendell

  Children, Heart, Secret

  Ruth Rendell (2010). “Road Rage: (A Wexford Case)”, p.61, Random House

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• [On highly politicized Islamists:] In the name of freedom they demand the right to renounce freedom. In the language of tolerance they demand that intolerance be granted a dignified place at the table.

  Phyllis Chesler

  Names, Tolerance, Demand

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• In 1956 I was granted the biggest reward of my career: my wife, Josée Jongen.

  Bobbejaan Schoepen

  Careers, Wife, Rewards

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• Specific protection must be granted to human rights defenders and whistleblowers who have in some contexts been accused of being unpatriotic, whereas they perform, in reality, a democratic service to their countries and to the enjoyment of human rights of their compatriots.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Country, Reality, Rights

  "UN Expert Calls on Countries to Strengthen Protection of Civil Society Voices, Whistleblowers". news.un.org. September 11, 2013.

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• There is hardly anything that an ingenious mind cannot bring itself to doubt, granted sufficient industry and application.

  Frances Noyes Hart

  Doubt, Mind, Application

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• I love going out to clubs. Granted, I don't get hammered or do anything to embarrass myself. I'd call myself wholesome but it's not like I only drink milk.

  Carrie Underwood

  Drink Milk, Going Out, Clubs

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• I know how lucky I am. I never take it for granted. In this country [USA], anything can happen - anybody can be what they want to be. All I ever wanted was to be a good husband and father, a good chef, and to have my own restaurant. And the celebrity was never expected. Wouldn't have even dared dream of it. And here I am. So anyone's dreams can come true. And I'm very, very grateful for everything that's come my way. I thank everyone who enjoys what I do.

  Guy Fieri

  Dream, Country, Husband

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• People might gain insight the longer they live, but things never get easy. There will always be challenges and miscommunications and the temptation to eat greasy, bowel clogging fried food, and take others for granted. The secret is to keep moving and try to see people yo love for what they are: flawed, beautiful and as confused as you.

  Rob Payne

  Beautiful, Confused, Moving

  "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.

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• How insensitive, inartistic, unscientific, and ungracious it is to take anything for granted!

  Muriel Lester

  Gratitude, Wonder, Insensitive

  Muriel Lester (1937). “It Occurred to Me”

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• Its always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.

  Darren Criss

  Important, Situation

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• Every job I take, within minutes Im thinking, I cant do this. I think its what makes me work. People think I just swagger in and do it. But I doubt myself all the time. Its what pushes me, what makes me work harder. The older I get, the less I take for granted.

  Ray Winstone

  Jobs, Hard Work, Thinking

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• To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue.

  Samuel Johnson

  Eye, Tongue, Innocence

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.78

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• Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks. We take it for granted that we can see at all times of day and night.

  Jake Halpern

  Real, Night, Light

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• If a German company takes over 51 percent of an Indian one, it is given far-reaching controlling rights. But if an Indian company owns the majority of a German company, it is granted only very limited influence. That is unfair.

  Tulsi Tanti

  Rights, Majority, Influence

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Yes, fasting is not merely a commandment from God but a godly gift, a grace and a blessing. God the creator of our body and soul knows of our need to fast for its benefit for our spiritual life, development and our eternity. He granted us the knowledge and manner of fasting. As a kind Father and a wise Teacher, He has recommended fasting for us.

  Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

  Wise, Spiritual, Teacher

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• I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.

  Elton John

  Appreciate, And Love, Performing

  "Elton John Interview GNOMEO AND JULIET". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.

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• Life is beautiful. Look around. Don't take anything for granted.

  Martha Williamson

  Beautiful, Looks, Life Is

  Interview with John W. Kennedy,

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• I learned at an early age that every breath that we take is borrowed. We need to be thankful for our life and never take it for granted.

  DeLisha Milton-Jones

  Being Thankful, Age, Needs

  "A conversation with WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton-Jones". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• The National Socialist Movement has wrought this miracle. If Almighty God granted success to this work, then the Party was His instrument.

  Adolf Hitler

  Party, Miracle, Atheism

  Adolf Hitler (1942). “The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939”

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• Do not personally give any more conscious consideration, either of you, to events that you do not want to happen. Any such concentration, to whatever degree, ties you in with those probabilities, so concentrate upon what you want, and as far as public events are concerned, take it for granted that sometimes even men are wiser than they know.

  Seth

  Men, Ties, Giving

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