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Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I f...

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Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

Nothing invests life with more meaning than the realisation that every moment of sentience is a prec...

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Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Give an inch he'll take an ell.

What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior th...

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When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery...

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When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation ...

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With eye and hand and breath and will.

I have this, this gift, I know that; and I know my obligation to it.

I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity When I give I give myself.

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. ...

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I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to...

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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandi...

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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

The pity is not that there is a myth of Sylvia Plath but that the myth is not simply that of an enor...

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Al AlvarezThe Savage God: A Study of Suicide

It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are in h...

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The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previou...

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Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.

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Amit RayBeautify your Breath - Beautify your Life

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play th...

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The rose I gave you was an emblem of myheart,' said she; 'would you take it away andleave me here al...

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Anne BrontëThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

Memory was a curse, yes, he thought, but it was also the greatest gift. Because if you lost memory ...

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...I expected a gift, you know, something nice and useless...

Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that Go...

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I made a gift for you, Good Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with se...

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The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted...

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Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we sh...

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Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such ...

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Bell hooksAll About Love: New Visions

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor ...

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The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift ...

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Bill HybelsAxiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but...

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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

For life, too, is only an instant,Only the dissolving of ourselvesIn the selves of all othersAs if b...

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The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Love the giver more than the gift.

And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, ...

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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in itsvalue.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability fo...

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My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat...

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I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat...

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Sincere doubts, handled properly, can become a gift.

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Craig GroeschelDare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the surviv...

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Another gift, another secret, another time to lean in and kiss me.

A gift of truth is the gift of love.

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a let...

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You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elev...

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Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Peace is our gift to each other.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other.

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the wri...

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It was a small tortoise with Julia’s initials set in diamonds in the living shell, and this slightly...

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Evelyn WaughBrideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

What a gift it would be to receive at Christmastime a greater knowledge of the Lord. What a gift it ...

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You have given me a gift such as I never even dreamt of finding in this life.

There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind the...

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The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive...

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My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a br...

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Maimed, mad, and sexually different people were believed to possess supernatural powers by primal cu...

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Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wan...

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What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.

I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift ...

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I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on b...

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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember,...

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Outside the Apothecary, Hagrid checked Harry's list again. 'Just yer wand left -- oh yeah, an I stil...

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J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to y...

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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

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J. R. R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring

And you, Ring-bearer,’ she said, turning to Frodo. ‘I come to you last who are not last in my though...

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God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack...

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We cannot ignore our gift of the future.

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Jimmy CarterJust Peace: A Message of Hope

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave i...

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Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all thin...

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