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I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart.

No Spanish government has given into terror and no government will do that.

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes both - usually both. The difficulty in these stories is that if you write about everywhere you can end up writing about nowhere.

Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they'll sign on.

When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

I wanna change the game in way where I'm not knocking nobody out of the way, not claiming to be the best at this or that, but just doing wonders with the gift I've been given.

People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.

If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it.

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

I cannot get myself interested in video games. I've been given video game players and they just sit there connected to my TVs gathering dust until eventually I unplug them so I can put in another special-region DVD player.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract.

If people are given quality stuff to watch, they'll watch it.

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?