Khalil Gibran Quotes
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.
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What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.
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Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
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My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.
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One of the writers I most admire is Hilary Mantel because in the middle of her career, she just changed paths entirely and became just a totally different novelist.
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When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.
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I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day.
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Striking a balance between wildlife conservation and wind energy development starts with understanding threats to eagle populations and how our actions, including operating wind farms, are affecting them.
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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
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I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
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I like Barrington Leavey; he's the best, and Toots and The Maytals are also the best.
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When you love competition, you don't want the market to consolidate.
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It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke.
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The Dionysian is no picnic.
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And God help you if you are a phoenix, and you dare to rise up from the ash.A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy, while you're just flying past.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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I will never tire of repeating this: what the poor need the most is not pity but love. They need to feel respect for their human dignity, which is neither less nor different from the dignity of any other human being.
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I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.
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The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
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I don't really care what anyone else is doing. I'm only focussed on my work.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche.
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
