Generosity Quote by Joan Didion

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“It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive.”

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“I went because I was interested in the alchemy of issues.”

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I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.

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My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies…

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I'm not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself - there is a basic indifference toward people.

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“Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a point when choice was any more than sum…

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“Research to date has shown that, like many other stressors, grief frequently leads to changes in the endocrine, immune, autonomic nervous, and cardiovascular systems;…

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The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.

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Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

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(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

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