Give Me Quotes - Page 37

• I feel privileged to be a U.N. ambassador. It gives me an opportunity to use my voice to help raise awareness about important social and environmental issues.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Opportunity, Issues, Voice

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• The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

  Robert Byrd

  War, Mistake, Iraq

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• I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

  Lord Byron

  Math, Two, Giving

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• My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'

  James Caan

  Giving, Acting, Technique

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think my kids give mommy more attention than they give me.

  Nick Cannon

  Kids, Thinking, Giving

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• One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.

  Mariah Carey

  Voice, Giving, One Day

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• The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that's very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.

  Benjamin Carson

  Encouragement, Moving, Love You

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• You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.

  Benjamin Carson

  Christmas, Mean, People

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• In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.

  Benjamin Carson

  Play, Giving, Risk

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• You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.

  Benjamin Carson

  People, Giving, Important

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• Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.

  Graydon Carter

  Writing, Paris, Giving

  "These things I know". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2004.

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• People say, "You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous". Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  People, Giving, Natural

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Gratitude, Grateful, Giving

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 1: The Venetian Years”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

  Anton Chekhov

  Husband, Moon, Sky

  "Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends: With Biographical Sketch". Book by Anton Chekhov, 1920.

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• I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Giving, Drug, Wonder Woman

  "The biggest mother of them all" by John Lyttle, www.independent.co.uk. October 16, 1996.

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• If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Errors, Giving

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, William Armistead Falconer (1923). “Cicero in twenty-nine volumes”

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• So I was getting into my car and this bloke says to me, 'Can you give me a lift?' I said, 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it!'

  Tim Vine

  Funny, Humor, Oysters

  "Comedy preview" by Wiliam Cook, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

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• I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.

  Quentin Crisp

  God, Order, Giving

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• I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.

  Ice Cube

  Coffee, Mean, Giving

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• I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.

  Marie Curie

  Science, Dark, Giving

  Marie Curie's instructions regarding a proposed gift of a wedding dress for her marriage to Pierre in July 1895, as quoted in Eve Curie Labouisse "Madame Curie: A Biography" translated by Vincent Sheean (p. 137), 1937.

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• If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards.

  John Cusack

  Party, Awards, Giving

  "'I'm basically a brand'". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, August 30, 2007.

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• The only pitch I have to movie people is the same as this one: Just give me $8 million. I'm not telling you what it's about and I'm not telling you who's in it.

  Louis C. K.

  Movie, People, Giving

  "Louis C.K.: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. May 23, 2011.

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• I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.

  Puff Daddy

  Birthday, Book, Cake

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• Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

  Willem Dafoe

  Hands, People, Giving

  "Dafoe Treads The Boards" by wenn.com, October 17, 2001.

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• Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.

  Larry David

  Who I Am, People, Giving

  "When Ricky met Larry" by Giles Smith, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 11, 2005.

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