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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.
I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away.
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.
Writing is not complete when you've added everything you could, but rather, when you've taken away everything that is not needed.
God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending.
Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all.
The caretaker needs to be taken care of, in wages and benefits. Not enough emphasis is put on the importance of these caretakers.
It has taken these many hundreds of millions of years to fine-tune the Earth to a point where it is suitable for the likes of us.
Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring.
Life has played some funny tricks on me and taken me on a wild ride. How did I ever get into this wonderful mess that is my life?
So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.
I stayed away from mirrors when I was younger and I didn't like having my picture taken. I was tall and had braces and felt ugly.
Like the healthcare industry, the banks should be taken out of the hands of the 1% and brought under democratic public ownership.
I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.
Signs are taken for wonders. / 'We would see a sign!' / The word within a word, unable to speak a word, / Swaddled with darkness.
Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.
The band likes to be different which each album, so that the listener is taken on a fascinating, but different journey each time.
Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.
Today I'm committed to take care of your families like I've taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in.
There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.
Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.
It is a fact that not once in all my life have I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks; but that is another matter.
For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.
I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province.
Beauty has never been absolute and immutable but has taken on different aspects depending on the historical period and the country
Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.
When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.
When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.
Cycling is part of me, it's who I am. When you get injured, your whole identity is taken away from you, you're no longer yourself.
People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.
Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
We bury our seeds and wait, Winter blocks the road, Flowers are taken prisoner underground, But then green justice tenders a spear
If he'd been a hero, he would have taken the opportunity to say, "That's what I call sorted!" Since he wasn't a hero, he threw up.
Simplicity of manner is the last attainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural, from the dread of being taken for ordinary.
All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.
It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.
Life is so interesting... just every day life. I remember someone once saying: "Drama is real life with the boring bits taken out."
There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.
You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.
It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would seem extraordinary if I did not.
So you can't dance? Not at all? Not even one step? How can you say that you've taken any trouble to live when you won't even dance?
Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.
We're going to give [veterans] the right to see their private doctor, get taken care of it, perhaps the private or public hospital.
There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.
People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.
Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.