George MacDonald Quotes
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
Quotes to Explore
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Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
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In schools giving students a full education, not to create great artists but about the right to have full expression and imagination and creativity, along with an acknowledgement that everybody learns differently. You try and you fail and you try again. All those skills are useful in the workplace, too.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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I think if you're constantly reinvesting into your content and giving the fans stuff, then you can continue to tour. You can continue to sell the merch and monetize the popularity of the brand.
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The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
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Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.
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I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.
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I just want to continue to pursue dancing. I want to focus on making it out there and showing everybody my heart and soul through dance... and do it until I can't walk anymore.
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My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
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The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.
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Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.
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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
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When you fly to New York, sometimes they put you on hold and you just go round and around in a holding pattern. Sometimes in a concert, I feel other spirits in a holding pattern that they want to land through my heart and through my fingers.
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The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame.
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Expand within your church. Expand within the people you have contact. Bring them up to speed in knowledge on what’s going on.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans your floor correctly. I can imagine people having a cupboard full of robots that only come out when you need them to fulfil a specific purpose.
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Dress for success. Image is very important. People judge you by the way you look on the outside.
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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
