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INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary _quo_ given in exchange for a substantial _quid_. — Ambrose Bierce
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection… — Simone Weil
CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition… — Ambrose Bierce
The truth of it is, the first rudiments of education are given very indiscreetly by most parents. — Richard Steele
Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true. In… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If you live in America and you do not own your own business, you have given up your right to be free. — Dr Terry Lyles
I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that every… — George Washington
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulders; and his name shall… — Bible
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches… — Tom Bodett
Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve — Roger Lewin
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less, gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given. Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;… — Rupert Brooke
Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness,… — Sydney Smith
Where there is an ongoing relationship of caring. Where there is a sense of humor. Where there is a sense of mutual mercy. Where there… — William Swing
I have had a wonderful life. I have never regretted what I did. I regret things I didn't do. All my life I've done things… — Ingrid Bergman
If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at those to whom he has given it. — Dorothy Parker
The essence of teaching, the soul of the art, is being brave enough, psychologically unencumbered enough, to see exactly what is taking place in the… — Robert Inchausti
Love is a beggar who stills begs when one has given him everything — James Arthur Baldwin
The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you've already given him your love,… — Helen Rowland
Once upon a time in a galaxy not entirely unlike our own, there was a girl. There was nothing extraordinary about this girl. She was… — Dawson S Creek
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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