David Avidan Quotes
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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
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There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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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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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.
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I'm very fortunate to have been raised in my family. I learned early about the importance of giving back.
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When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it.
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How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it.
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You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other.
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Giving opens the way for receiving.
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I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
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It has not been unknown that judges persist in error to avoid giving the appearance of weakness and vacillation.
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Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other.
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I really enjoy the shopping and going out and getting stuff for other people. I could really give a damn about getting gifts for myself, but I really enjoy giving gifts.
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I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.
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In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.
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Anti-alcoholics are unfortunates in the grip of water, that terrible poison, so corrosive that out of all substances it has been chosen for washing and scouring, and a drop of water added to a clear liquid like Absinthe, muddles it.
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Women want to talk first, connect first, then have sex. For men, sex is the connection. Sex is man's language of intimacy
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The hand that punched is the hands that gives compassion
