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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.

I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when there are problems they are always obliged to go back to them.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech - is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech.

Tennis has given me soul.

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent.

For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again.

Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.

The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe.

Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.

People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'

It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.

My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.

Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked to mess with, and I think that I kind of enjoyed for a while that it bothered them so much. Now they've just kind of given up.

God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.