Granted Quotes

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Now the same mystery which often veils from our eyes the reason for a catastrophe envelops just as frequently, when love is in question, the… — Marcel Proust
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city… — Elwyn Brooks White
Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of… — Karl Popper
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk… — Jon Katz
Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted. — Alberto Manguel
As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to taking for granted a skin that… — Alberto Manguel
Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We… — Haruki Murakami
And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms in neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted… — Ayn Rand
Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we accept… — Ezra Taft Benson
They took it for granted that if they went he would go also, but really they scarcely cared. Thus children are ever so ready, when… — James M. Barrie
In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more… — John McCain
Let us not take for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small. — Virginia Woolf
Truly, my dear young friends, you are a chosen generation. I hope you will never forget it. I hope you will never take it for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the minute I reached our… — Eudora Welty
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted. — David Steindl-Rast
Surely it is a sin to reject the few gifts we are given. Be happy in the flash of time granted to us or hurt… — Charles Frazier
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence,… — James Madison
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us… — Azar Nafisi
Maybe you once were excited about that person God supernaturally brought into your life as a marriage partner, but now all the excitement has worn… — Joel Osteen
We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed . . .… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez

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