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I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Elves say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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It's actually very crucial for the financial model to be based on end-users paying for the value they receive. It's a reboot of the Internet business model.
Bob Muglia
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God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.
Evelyn Underhill
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As children's inquiries are not to be slighted, so also great care is to be taken, that they never receive deceitful and illuding answers. They easily perceive when they are slighted or deceived, and quickly learn the trick of neglect, dissimulation, and falsehood, which they observe others to make use of. We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children; since, if we play false with them, we not only deceive their expectation, and hinder their knowledge, but corrupt their innocence, and teach them the worst of vices.
John Locke Nazareth
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I think this is the special character of the people from Seville. They have a really open spirit and receive everyone like family.
Ivan Rakitić
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Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.
Blaise Pascal
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It is true that I receive a lot of praise and that is flattering. But I try not to let it affect me.
N'Golo Kante
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Victor Hugo
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Behold, I am weary of my wisdom, like a bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to receive it.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Most Christians expect little from God, ask little, and therefore receive little and are content with little.
Arthur W. Pink
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For a long time I though that one had to accomplish something. Now I just watch, listen, receive. Live.
Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
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So tonight I propose one more step that I would rather not propose. I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens earning over $100,000 per year, for one year, to pay an additional one percent on the income they receive.
Mitch Daniels
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I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.
Anne Bronte
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As you give out, so shall you receive.
Michelangelo
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We are the result of the stimulus we receive.
Alfredo Jaar
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Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for you, while you cling to Him in prayer.
Evagrius Ponticus
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How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter?
John Brunner
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We construct our lives for one person, and when at length it is ready to receive her that person does not come; presently she is dead to us, and we live on, prisoners within the walls which were intended only for her.
Marcel Proust
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Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive.
David
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I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
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I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught.
Thomas Aquinas
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I know not how the world will receive it, nor how it may reflect on those that shall seem to favor it. For in a way beset with those that contend, on one side for too great Liberty , and on the other side for too much Authority , 'tis hard to passe between the points of both unwounded.
Thomas Hobbes
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I think the universal theme would be love and relationships and how if you really want to live and be alive that that's proven through the amount of love you give and receive.
Boti Bliss