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• This is a dream as old as America itself: give me a piece of land to call my own, a little town where everyone knows my name.

  Faith Popcorn

  Dream, Land, Names

  Faith Popcorn (1991). “The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life”, p.48, BookBaby

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• Give me the handling of a horse for twenty minutes, and I'll tell you what sort of a groom he has had.

  Anna Sewell

  Horse, Giving, Twenties

  Anna Sewell (2012). “Black Beauty”, p.171, OUP Oxford

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• I can't think why I was cursed with this inordinate desire to write, if the high gods weren't going to give me some more adquate means of expressing myself than that which my present pedestrian prose affords.

  Winifred Holtby

  Writing, Mean, Thinking

  Winifred Holtby, Alice Holtby (1941). “Letters to a friend”

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• I think time is a constraint to destroy and then reinvent. If you give me a constraint, I'll accept it. But I always try to move it around, or to readapt it. Ecco! If you lock me in a room, well I'll go out through the window! I always remember Achille Castiglioni, one of my mentors, and he always said that in industrial design you have the idea, the fantasy, the concepts - that's the marmalade! - but the constraint of the brief is the bread. You need both in order to find structure for your ideas.

  Patricia Urquiola

  Moving, Thinking, Order

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• After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.

  Ingrid Betancourt

  Years, Giving, Six

  Interview with Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2008.

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• Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.

  Johannes Gutenberg

  Conquer The World, Giving, Soldier

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• I am not in the least given to any violent interest in womankind, however, such as has addled the country's brains of late. Give me a manandwoman world: 'tis good enough!

  Louise Imogen Guiney

  Country, Giving, Brain

  Louise Imogen Guiney (1926). “Letters of Louise Imogen Guiney”

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• Oh I don't need an education Just a microphone's intoxication And I can't deal with concentration Give me tongues and stimulation

  Katy Rose

  Giving, Needs, Tongue

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• Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man's soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!

  Anne Ellis

  Sunset, Men, Giving

  Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Country, Attitude

  A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

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• People give me such a hard time because I don't wear dresses. What's that got to do with anything?

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Hard Times, People, Giving

  "Ellen The Generous". Interview with Patricia Marx, www.elle.com. October 12, 2007.

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• I detest the word plot.  I never, never think of plot.  I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell you a story-maybe a thousand stories. The interaction between and among human beings is the only story worth telling.

  Stirling Silliphant

  Character, Thinking, Giving

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• I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me joy - unlike the cumulative experience of seeking publishers for them!

  Scott Bradfield

  Years, Giving, Joy

  "Go Forth (Vol. 15)". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. September 10, 2013.

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• You want people who are both great fans and supporters and believers of your work and people who are also ruthlessly honest. People who will tell you the truth about it. Over the years I've picked up some friends and I know who to show what to and they'll give me the proper read.

  Rob Bell

  Years, People, Giving

  "Writer Talk: An Interview With Rob Bell on Writing and Creativity". Interview With Chris Dikes, thisischrisdikes.wordpress.com. September 18, 2013.

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• Cops pull me over just to get a better look. They never give me a ticket, even if I'm speeding, but they will ask to take pictures.

  Ernest Cline

  Giving, Looks, Tickets

  "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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• After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.

  George Jones

  Couple, Years, Giving

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• Flying radio-controlled airplanes [is my guiltiest pleasure]. Only God would give me a hobby where I'm looking up to the sky. It's the only time where I am able to focus and concentrate on nothing but looking up. It's a fascinating hobby.

  Tyler Perry

  Airplane, Sky, Giving

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I don't need any more press. I get enough when I work, but environmental causes is one place where you can get me to open my mouth. And put my foot in it if necessary. I think the only thing I do that gives me any bragging rights in terms of energy conservation is sailing. Just using wind power.

  Morgan Freeman

  Thinking, Rights, Wind

  "Morgan Freeman has taste for clean energy". Interview with Adam Spangler, www.nbcnews.com. November 13, 2007.

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• I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Games, Giving

  Source: www.hearingloss.ca

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• Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

  Sadao Araki

  Army, Giving, Division

  "Until They Eat Stones" by Russell Brines, (p. 254), 1944.

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• When all that's left of me is love,
  Give me away.

  Merrit Malloy

  Giving, Left

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• Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.

  Darren Criss

  Writing, Years, Two

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• I had my first kiss under a tree near the school. It was with a boy named Michael who rarely spoke, but he would sometimes give me one of the cookies from his lunch. Maybe it was the gifts that made me feel special? I don't know, but when our lips touched, it felt magical.

  Paula Abdul

  School, Kissing, Boys

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• I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that requires physical and mental preparation, so I get to prepare like an athlete for everything I do. I'm living the dream, man.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Dream, Jobs, Motivation

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• I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Home, Night, Giving

  "The GQ&A: Mark Wahlberg". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. January 11, 2012.

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