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1105 Received quotes by 896 unique authors

The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away... — Miguel de Cervantes
The seat received him in a loose and distant kind of way, like an aunt who disapproves of the last fifteen years of your life… — Douglas Adams
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the immediacy… — Barack Obama
How I will cherish you then, you grief-torn nights! Had I only received you, inconsolable sisters, on more abject knees, only buried myself with more… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Food and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's property, defended his… — Jack London
A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the… — Lisa Kleypas
Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to receive is feel good. — Rhonda Byrne
Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most Italians. In any… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I experienced in myself a certain capacity for judging which I have doubtless received from God, like all the other things that I possess; and… — Rene Descartes
Levin scowled. The humiliation of his rejection stung him to the heart, as though it were a fresh wound he had only just received. But… — Leo Tolstoy
Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them. — Jim Butcher
The claws of Truth were painful. The lies tore away like scabs, and John bled there for hours, stifling his cries of pain in the… — Frank Peretti
I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received. — Amy Tan
Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt… — Charlaine Harris
Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press — Warren Buffett
Fear, lest, by forgetting what you are by nature, you also forget the need that you have of continual pardon, support, and supplies from the… — John Bunyan
This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to… — Jack Kornfield
I still believe in the resilience of the human heart and the essential validity of love;I still believe that connections between people can be made… — Stephen King
Chicken,' Josie said. 'Have you ever been in love?' Peter looked at Josie, and thought of how they had once tied a note with their… — Jodi Picoult
Every woman I had ever met who walked through the world appraised and classified by an extraordinary physicality had also received the keys to an… — Pat Conroy
I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people who work quietly… — C.S. Lewis
There's much more. There's all that goes beyond – all ... that is Elsewhere – and all that goes back, and back, and back. I… — Lois Lowry
In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time. — Zadie Smith
Possibility was not a bag or box that could be closed and sealed, it was a vast open chute which received everything, everything; one could… — Janet Frame
January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well… — Isabel Allende

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