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• There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

  Bette Davis

  Hero, People, Giving

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Christian, Mom, Dad

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• I can't lie... My face always gives me away. I'm also pathetically bad at poker!

  Cat Deeley

  Lying, Giving, Faces

  "Glamour Inquisitor: Cat Deeley". Interview with Jenn Selby, www.glamourmagazine.co.uk. July 14, 2011.

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• I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Giving, Training, Helping

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

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• I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

  Emily Dickinson

  Men, Names, Giving

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• I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

  Diogenes

  Sunshine, Giving, May

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• I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

  Diogenes

  Dog, Giving, Fawns

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• My kids give me the balance to live right.

  Celine Dion

  Family, Kids, Giving

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• I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

  Mike Dirnt

  Daughter, Mother, Giving

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

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• It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'

  Novak Djokovic

  Butterfly, Thinking, Giving

  "Novak - I can win the 'golden slam'". Interview with Pedro Pinto, edition.cnn.com. February 8, 2012.

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• Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.

  Novak Djokovic

  Sports, Country, People

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• My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Motivational, Work, Giving

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: with an introduction from Robert Ryan”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• When I think of the future, I think a lot of Quincy Jones and how he is an inspiration. Look at the quality of his work over so many years. He didn't even make his best record, 'Thriller,' until he was 50. That gives me something to look forward to. Nothing pulls you back into the studio more than the belief that your best record is still ahead.

  Dr. Dre

  Inspiration, Thinking, Years

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

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• I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Men, Giving, Lucky

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• I've always had a process that I do before I even get to set or go to the location. I work privately, and it almost feels like therapy between me and who I'm playing. So I have this inner life that's there and it gives me a confidence, too, that when I'm playing the role I know every question.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Giving, Roles, Location

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• There's an insecure part of me that comes out of me, I get nervous. I don't know why, I wish I could overcome it because it gives me an anxiety feeling.

  Fred Durst

  Insecure, Giving, Anxiety

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• It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.33, Broadway Books

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• I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

  Eminem

  Father, Giving, Advice

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• There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Views, Appreciate, Giving

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• My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.

  Brett Favre

  Sports, Golf, Hard Times

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview With Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: "A funny little man asked me to marry him."

  Julian Fellowes

  Party, Men, Numbers

  "My family values". Interview with Hilary Whitney, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2009.

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• I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life.

  E. M. Forster

  Men, Two, Play

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• It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

  Jodie Foster

  Moving, Giving, Car

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• Always be available to your kids. Because if you say, 'Give me five minutes, give me ten minutes,' it'll be 15, it'll be 20. And then when you get there, the shine will have worn off whatever it is they wanted to share with you.

  Michael J. Fox

  Kids, Giving, Shining

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• You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them.

  Michael J. Fox

  Drama, Order, Ideas

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