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I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.

In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those scenarios.

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

It's really been a better situation for me being with the Crush than it would if I were with the Broncos because this has given me a lot more broad range.

I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter.

For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards.

Love is a given, hatred is acquired.

The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.

For every whack I've given, I've gotten four or five.

The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.

If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.

Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years it's a name that the streets taught me a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name and it's time to expand and move on.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security.

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.