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You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.
From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own hands.
Iran must stop meddling in the affairs of Arab countries, and we refuse to be taken by Iran to an axis against Arab countries.
I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and writers who despise you.
Isn't man but a blossom taken by wind, and only the mountains and the sea and the stars and this land of the gods everlasting?
I have mortally opposed the English king; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own.
Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.
You wonder why we're having shootings and killings here in 2017? Because we've asked for it. We've taken prayer out of school.
The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.
The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!
Be committed to whatever you're doing. That's something I've taken to heart and tried to do with whatever activities I take up.
the movie is not a thing which is taken by the camera; the movie is the reality of the movie moving from reality to the camera.
Freedom, especially a woman's freedom, is a conquest to be made, not a gift to be received. It isn't granted. It must be taken.
[Prozac] didn't seem to have any effect whatsoever on my melancholy, my dark vision, and everything else that I'd taken it for.
Our prayer will never grow obsolete, no matter what other ideas or philosophies may appear, or what other measures may be taken
Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all.
Every breath taken in by the man Who loves, and the woman who loves, Goes to fill the water tank Where the spirit horses drink.
Some women just aren’t cut out to be mothers, and unfortunately it had taken Susanna three kids to realize she was one of them.
What do you say when you feel your life is taken right from your chest, even though I miraculously find myself still breathing?
I haven't taken any new projects in the past years - I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don't want it.
Teaching is good for me. It forces me to articulate ways of doing things or rules of thumb that I've sort of taken for granted.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style." "That is a footstool.
Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.
Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.
I wouldn't call it a silver lining, but with more women speaking up, online harassment is beginning to be taken more seriously.
I've written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months.
He in whom all this is destroyed, and taken out with the very root, he, when freed from hatred and wise, is called respectable.
I just felt that it was my responsibility, since so many people had taken the time to help me along, to do the same for others.
I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.
Romantic souvenirs had a way of attaching themselves to one when one wanted to move on, but they were not to be taken seriously.
'Wiseguy' for its time was good. It was really good. And it holds up still. But a lot of the restraints have been taken off now.
Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.
They are by far the worst drivers. They are spiteful, dithering, old and in the way. They should have their licences taken away.
I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.
I see a lot of damage to Mother Earth. I see water being taken from creeks where water belongs to animals, not to oil companies.
No revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by the words of Jesus Christ.
The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart.
I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.
I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent possibility of being hurt by.
A photograph is neither taken or seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.
It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.
The fact that people are embracing me so well as a new artist and being taken so seriously is something I'm really surprised by.
Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.
I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness
Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.