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247 They Gave quotes by 213 unique authors
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Luxury cruises were designed to make something unbearable (a two week transatlantic crossing) seem bearable. There's no need to do it now, there are planes.…
— Tina Fey
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Then they gave me a loaf of bread and told me to walk through the forest and give some to anyone who asked. I did…
— Patricia C. Wrede
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She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so…
— Elizabeth George
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I'm not going to get involved in a debate with you. Just remember this: the gods give, and the gods take away. Even if you…
— Haruki Murakami
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This is why I loved the support groups so much, if people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention. If this might…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized…
— Jonathan Kozol
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I flicked on the light beside my bed, waiting for my breathing to slow, veins full of adrenaline from the realistic dream. A new dream,…
— Stephenie Meyer
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It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she…
— George R. R. Martin
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There is a blessing in losing the one we love. It's the blessing of self-transformation. You don't have to who you were anymore. You've struggled.…
— Emma Forrest
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The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving…
— Veronica Roth
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If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody…
— Ed Asner
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I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.
— Antony Gormley
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I was doing a late-night round as a milkman in 1978 when I heard a radio DJ announce that he was leaving. I marched straight…
— Alan Dale
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Growing up with Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek - people who were always trying to do something else - I wanted to follow in their…
— Paula Garces
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When I was 5 years old, we had nothing in the village. One day, in front of my house, some soldiers in a big Cadillac…
— Renzo Rosso
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Standardized sizes made inexpensive, off-the-rack garments economically feasible. They gave shoppers a reliable guide to finding clothes in self-service shops.
— Virginia Postrel
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The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria,…
— Muhammad Ali
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My parents were hardworking. They made every penny stretch as far as possible. That was probably the major reason everything they gave me was always…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be robust, they gave…
— Matt Bomer
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My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I was in the…
— Lyle Lovett
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I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they…
— Dee Dee Ramone
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I was the first woman to speak ever at the National Press Club, and they gave me a necktie.
— Gloria Steinem
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My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to…
— Maria Karnilova
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They took away time, and they gave us the clock.
— Abdullah Ibrahim
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