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• It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.

  Robert Townsend

  Motivational, Loyalty, People

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• Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

  David Jenkins

  Understanding, Deep Thought, Wells

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• It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.

  William Ellery Channing

  Spring, Passion, Blood

  William Ellery Channing (1835). “The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...”, p.32

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• That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries.

  Adam Smith

  May, Chance, Universal

  Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.45

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• There is no such way to gain admittance, or give defence to strange and absurd Doctrines, as to guard them round about with Legions of obscure, doubtful, and undefin'd Words.

  John Locke

  Giving, Doctrine, Way

  John Locke (1714). “The Works of John Locke Esq: In Three Volumes. The Contents of which Follow in the Next Leaf. With Alphabetical Tables. ...”, p.228

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• A father would do well, as his son grows up, and is capable of it, to talk familiarly with him; nay, ask his advice, and consult with him about those things wherein he has any knowledge or understanding. By this, the father will gain two things, both of great moment. The sooner you treat him as a man, the sooner he will begin to be one; and if you admit him into serious discourses sometimes with you, you will insensibly raise his mind above the usual amusements of youth, and those trifling occupations which it is commonly wasted in.

  John Locke

  Growing Up, Father, Son

  "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" by John Locke, (Sec. 95), 1693.

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• Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.

  John Locke

  Children, Pain, Mind

  John Locke, John Milton (1830). “Some thoughts concerning education”, p.150

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• The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object, the human body, and puts it out of reach of time and desire; it takes the most purely rational concept of which mankind is capable, mathematical order, and makes it a delight to the senses; and it takes the vague fears of the unknown and sweetens them by showing that the gods are like men and may be worshiped for their life-giving beauty rather than their death-dealing powers.

  Kenneth Clark

  Men, Order, Giving

  "The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form" by Kenneth Clark, (Ch. I), 1951.

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• Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!

  William Morris

  Wise, Pain, Grief

  William Morris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)”, p.3387, Delphi Classics

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• A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.

  Richard Steele

  Men, Envy, Doe

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Guardian: With a Biographical, Historical, and Critical Preface by the Rev. Rob. Lynam”, p.94

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• Far from affording artists continuous inspiration, mass-media sources for art have become a dead end. They have combined with the abstractness of institutional art teaching to produce a fine-arts culture given over to information and not experience. This faithfully echoes the drain of concreteness from modern existence- the reign of mere unassimilated data instead of events that gain meaning by being absorbed into the fabric of imaginative life.

  Robert Hughes

  Art, Teaching, Inspiration

  Robert Hughes (2015). “The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes”, p.89, Vintage

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• So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.

  Imran Khan

  Sports, Winning, Election

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• I think that because of YouTube, because of MySpace, because of the digital domain that we have on the Internet, the younger generation is much more open to information. I think it's so much easier for them to gain information and trade information, and they have become more aware. In some cases, more aware than their own parents and adults, as to what's going on in the world. I find that really intriguing and interesting, and I think there is a brewing of a whole new generation of activists coming.

  Serj Tankian

  Thinking, Interesting, Parent

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry of it, is the confidence that you are, I think in many ways, you're the captain of the ship.

  Josh Peck

  Thinking, Directors, Needs

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Obviously, for the majority of parents and certainly me you gain a million worlds when you have a child. Certainly, it's the thing that's changed my life and made me unbelievably happy.

  Kate Winslet

  Children, Parent, Majority

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Most people are just fat and because most bodybuilders juice, they can get away with eating what they want and just monitoring calories. It's a horrible misconception and often sends people down a path of fat gain that might ruin their motivation and drive. Fat cells never go away once created.

  Scott Herman

  Motivation, Cells, People

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• I have to create opportunities for myself. But the thing I really have learned is that you gain nothing from sitting around waiting for the phone to ring - you have to do it for yourself.

  Laura Benanti

  Opportunity, Phones, Waiting

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Characters begin as voices, then gain presence by being viewed in others' eyes. Characters define one another in dramatic contexts. It is often very exciting, when characters meet - out of their encounters, unanticipated stories can spring.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Spring, Character, Eye

  "A Portrait of the Writer". Interview with Mia Funk, tinhouse.com. February 10, 2015.

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• Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not like... from this perspective, the ethic of personal responsibility gains appeal.

  Noel Tichy

  Responsibility, Fate, Perspective

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• To accept opinions is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to think.

  C. Wright Mills

  Thinking, Feelings, Opinion

  C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Power Elite”, p.312, Oxford University Press

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• Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

  Richard J. Foster

  Commitment, Discipline, Nonsense

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• Give up the drop and gain the whole ocean.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Giving Up, Ocean, Whole

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• Don't just sit there and worry. Be proactive. Do something - anything - about what's worrying you so you can gain information, focus and control over the situation. I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.

  Mark Twain

  Worry, Focus, Information

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• Speeches by businessmen on social responsibility...may gain them kudos in the short run. But it helps to strengthen the already too prevalent view that the pursuit of profits is wicked.... There is one and only one social responsibility of business-to...engage in open and free competition without deception or fraud.

  Milton Friedman

  Running, Responsibility, Views

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• A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

  Confucius

  Hands, Giving, Rose

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