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• As our cities have developed, they've built sometimes small villages or communities that were in place. And we've taken for granted all of that child care, the neighbourliness, the help that you get from people nearby.

  Susan Oliver

  Children, Taken, Cities

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• I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

  Clyde Tombaugh

  Nature, Courses

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• Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

  Peter Mandelson

  Space, People, World

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• In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

  Mac Thornberry

  Light, Energy, Goes On

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• What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.

  Norbert Wiener

  Interesting, Results, Experiments

  "A New Theory of Measurement: A Study in the Logic of Mathematics". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society s2-19 (1): 181–205, 1921.

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• The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.

  Buffalo Bill

  Men, Slave, States

  Buffalo Bill (1879). “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography”, p.125, U of Nebraska Press

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• I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.

  Sally Field

  Real, Physical Attraction, Persons

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• But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.

  John Gay

  Life, Sweet, Kissing

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• And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

  Salma Hayek

  Sports, Flirty, Love You

  "Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan talk about After the Sunset!". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. November 9, 2004.

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• But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Night, Two, Long

  Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1955). “Poems from Iqbal”, London : Murray. [1955]

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• In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Responsibility, Long

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.

  Eartha Kitt

  May, Never Take Anything For Granted, Don't Take Anything For Granted

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• I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.

  Ziggy Marley

  Believe, Tree, Yards

  FaceBook post by Ziggy Marley from May 21, 2012

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• Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.

  Derek Walcott

  Strong Love, Stronger, Broken Pieces

  Derek Walcott (2014). “What the Twilight Says: Essays”, p.69, Macmillan

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• What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.

  Robert E. Lee

  Beautiful, Peace, War

  Robert E. Lee (2016). “The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)”, p.206, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.

  Mitch Albom

  Materialistic, Loving Relationships, Involved

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.84, Broadway Books

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• Everything requires time. It is the only truly universal condition. All work takes place in time and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable, and necessary resource. Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.

  Peter Drucker

  Time, Unique, People

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• I dont take my fans love and dedication for granted.

  Wynonna Judd

  Dedication, Fans

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• The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Animal, Rights, Law

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• My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

  Rebecca Lobo

  Inspirational, Basketball, Stars

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• Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves.

  Theodor Herzl

  Earth, Requirements, Enough

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• Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

  Melinda Gates

  Children, Polio Vaccine, Vaccines

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

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• Beginning to create again was something that I took for granted but I never will take it for granted again.

  Lou Gramm

  Took For Granted

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• Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.

  Jan Peter Balkenende

  Ties, Mind, Remember

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• Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

  Emma Bonino

  Firsts, Steps, Constitution

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