If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.
Adam Grant
Recitation: by Male by Female
King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.
Joan of Arc
GoodYourselfKingYouHeavenDebt
The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential to be on the podium.
Jeremy Abbott
BestMePotentialDoingYouGoal
When your economy is not growing that fast, everybody's got to bite the bullet.
John Hickenlooper
FastGrowingEconomyBulletBite
I am not a Christian artist, I am an artist who is a Christian.
Johnny Cash
I AmChristianArtistWhoAm
The tendency of everyone is to evolve.
Romario
EveryoneEvolveTendency
As a kid, I was really into performing. I would do choruses, I would do musicals, whatever it was. And then, as a teenager, I got into an acting class at SUNY Purchase for gifted kids, and that really turned me on to material beyond musicals, Sam Shepard, and Christopher Durang plays.
Matisyahu
MeActingClassBeyondKidWhatever
In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if I did find my way to put a pen to paper or finger on a keyboard I'd give up after a few minutes. I'd find other things to do: Anything but writing.
Mary Garden
MindMeWritingPenBackFind
When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.
Allan McNish
DanceMistakeYouEdgeWheelRace
I have really fond memories of Texas. By the time I was eight, we started to go back to Chile very regularly, and many family members came to visit us because we couldn't go visit them.
Pedro Pascal
FamilyMemoriesTimeTexasBackGo
Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?
Paulo Coelho
DogThinkHurtAskDogsCritics
It is important to fund young researchers who want to do curiosity-driven research. Curiosity-driven research is a part of life. Some people are curious. They want to learn more about nature and society should help that. It's like art: you can learn more and bring more beauty.
Serge Haroche
LifeNatureBeautyArtCuriousHelp
I grew up in a family struggling for work.
Rick Scott
WorkFamilyUpStrugglingGrew
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