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Given the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system, the prosecution may be unable to salvage this case. But just because that system fails victims… — Jaclyn Friedman
Iâ€™ve given pure sex appeal very littleÂ thought. If I had to think about it Iâ€™m sure it would frighten me. — Marilyn Monroe
Every time you have sex, you give away a little piece of your heart, and you give that away too many times and there's just… — Daren Kagasoff
Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the proportion of sexual to other… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I had given up ( around 1950, fh) any ambition of making a career as an artistâ€¦..I had lost all interest in the art shown… — Jean Dubuffet
Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use… — Edward Hopper
People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit… — Octavia Butler
No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and… — Anne Sullivan Macy
Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
Goddammit. Yeah, I have. First, there's a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty. Second, see, the law changes and I don't. How I… — Hunter S. Thompson
Theyâ€™re called poems but in reality theyâ€™re lines given to me to hang on to — John Trudell
The public needs art, and it is the responsibility of a â€™self-proclaimed artistâ€™ to realize the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art… — Keith Haring
How can you say one style is better than another? You ought to be able to be an Abstract Expressionist next week, or a Pop… — Andy Warhol
Strolling on the plateau of life, desperate for the mountain, I never thought that I would get this far. It's only art that has carried… — Tracey Emin
Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom. — Phillis Wheatley
You find out a lot about yourself through athletics. If you're cut out to be a winner or a failure or a quitter, athletics will… — Steve Ovett
Anything that is given can be at once taken away. We have to learn never to expect anything, and when it comes it's no more… — John McGahern
The poem, the song, the picture, is only water drawn from the well of the people, and it should be given back to them in… — Federico Garcia Lorca
I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me, — Stanley Hauerwas

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