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A lot of ink is given over to mythologizing female friendships as curious, fragile relationships that are always intensely fraught. Stop reading writing that encourages… — Roxane Gay
I was in love with the idea of love, so I created elaborate fictions for my relationships - fictions that allowed me to believe that… — Roxane Gay
In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given… — Robert Shapiro
Through the 1990s, the fracturing of Tasmanian Aboriginal politics was given impetus by the ongoing corruption of a number of black organisations started under federal… — Richard Flanagan
Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life, horror has no more form than it does meaning. Horror just… — Richard Flanagan
The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be nice to live… — Alex Turner
Whenever I talk about the Bahamas and its beauty, I could never stop talking about my God, who has given us all of this beauty. — Myles Munroe
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. — Paul Sweeney
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. — Lucan
We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think… — Constantine Karamanlis
In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has… — Boris Pasternak
You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared. — Lotte Lehmann
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. — Wendell Phillips
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving… — Khalil Gibran
We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful… — Robertson Davies
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we… — Tom Daschle
Promise is most given when the least is said. — George Chapman
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given… — Pablo Picasso

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