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• Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Giver, Rejected, Bosoms

  Oliver Goldsmith (1837). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces”, p.149

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• You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

  Robert Collier

  Giving, Use, Riches

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Leader, Gentleman, Luck

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• Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human rights, and the preservation of the planet's natural resources

  David Miliband

  Business, Responsibility, Rights

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• The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is the return of the declination to its original value is slightly ahead of the period of the centre. Hence it necessarily follows that the equinoxes and solstices seem to anticipate their timing, not because the sphere of the fixed stars moves to the east, but rather the equatorial circle moves to the west, being at an angle to the plane of the ecliptic in proportion to the declination of the axis of the terrestrial globe.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Stars, Moving, Mean

  Nicolaus Copernicus (1976). “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres”, David & Charles Publishers

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• Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return.

  Alfred Capus

  Beautiful, Wrinkles, Envy

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• Of course, the latter made no secret of his attitude toward the Jewish people, and when necessary he even took the whip to drive from the temple of the Lord this adversary of all humanity, who then as always saw in religion nothing but an instrument for his business existence. In return, Christ was nailed to the cross, while our present-day party Christians debase themselves to begging for Jewish votes at elections and later try to arrange political swindles with atheistic Jewish parties- and this against their own nation.

  Adolf Hitler

  Christian, Attitude, Party

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.

  Ben Jonson

  Birthday, Praying

  Ben Jonson (1756). “Works: Collated with all the former editions, and corrected with notes critical and explanatory”, p.425

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• The development of man is a return to an original perfection.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Perfection, Originals

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1383, Manonmani Publishers

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• The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.

  Florence Nightingale

  Nursing, Light, Sick

  Florence Nightingale, Ramona Salotti (2003). “Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not”, p.48, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.

  Bernard Malamud

  Funny Marriage, Fantasy, Brides

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• The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Husband, Animal, Intelligent

  "Introduction to the Devout Life". Book by Saint Francis de Sales, 1609.

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• The word revolution itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the revolution of a wheel which returns in the end to the same place; the revolving door of a politics which has liberated women only to use them, and only within the limits of male tolerance.

  Adrienne Rich

  Keys, Doors, Tolerance

  Adrienne Rich (1995). “On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978”, p.137, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Earnestly I must exert myself in order to return as much as I have received.

  Albert Einstein

  Order, My Sympathy, Standpoint

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb”, p.227, Princeton University Press

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• The less you take from the land, the less you owe in return.

  Marlo Morgan

  Land

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• Some people say dying alone is a fate worse than death itself. Well, they should try being alone during the living part sometimes. There's no quicker way to make you wonder why the hell you ever thought you'd want to return.

  John Corey Whaley

  Fate, Dying Alone, People

  John Corey Whaley (2014). “Noggin”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• Some speak of a return to nature, I wonder where they could have been?

  Frederick Sommer

  Photography, Photographer, Wonder

  Frederick Sommer, John Weiss, University of Delaware. Dept. of Art, Delaware Art Museum (1980). “Venus, Jupiter & Mars: the photographs of Frederick Sommer : an exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum from April 27 through June 8, 1980”

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• The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and honesty.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Honesty, Law, Gold

  Hans F. Sennholz (1979). “Age of inflation”

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• An important memory is like a gravitational field--the mind is compelled to return to it again and again. It is like a moon; it lives in light and shadow.

  Rikki Ducornet

  Memories, Moon, Light

  Rikki Ducornet (2007). “Gazelle”, p.149, Anchor

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• I longed to return to that bloody riverbank, to throw myself in the path of the final arrow, to die ignorant, and so, in love. Better to be killed by an arrow than by the words of the one I most trusted.

  Robin Wasserman

  Love Is, Arrows, Ignorant

  Robin Wasserman (2012). “The Book of Blood and Shadow”, p.329, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Some people say that compassion is the purest form of love because it neither expects nor demands anything in return.

  Terry Hayes

  Love Is, Compassion, People

  Terry Hayes (2014). “I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was 23, 24, I used to have a really bad runny nose, mucus, tons of acne, reddishness all over. A woman on a bus I took looked at me and said I was lactose intolerant. She said: 'Stop dairy for three days, and all this is going to go away.' I stopped dairy, and sure enough it was gone three days later, never to return except when I get dairy accidentally.

  Woody Harrelson

  Going Away, Three, Acne

  "Bus Advice Turned Harrelson Vegan" by Wenn.com, March 30, 2010.

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• What are friends for? They are the ultimate reflection of yourself. Always surround yourself with people who inspire you and return the favor by giving them the best of you.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Reflection, People, Giving

  FaceBook post by Jenny McCarthy from Apr 06, 2012

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• The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In the meantime I went to London to do Lifeforce.

  Tobe Hooper

  Origin Of Life, Stories, London

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• The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We have to be here. No American would put up with an Israeli-style occupation of their hometown for 53 days let alone 54 years. US tax dollars are funding violence against people of color inside the US borders and outside the US borders.

  Van Jones

  Color, Years, Rights

  "Wartimes: Reports From The Opposition". Studio album by Van Jones and Mumia Abu-Jamal, www.powerlineblog.com. 2003.

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