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  • Boris Becker Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Give a man health and a course to steer; and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • William Shakespeare Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Dwight L. Moody Give me a man who says, ''This one thing I do,'' and not, ''These fifty things, I dabble in.
    Dwight L. Moody
    American evangelist (1837 - 1899)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • George Canning Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may turn his blow! But of all plagues, good Heavens, thy wrath can send, save, save, oh save me from the candid friend!
    George Canning
    British statesman (1770 - 1827)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • William Shakespeare Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • J. G. Ballard Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Barbara Coloroso Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it.
    Barbara Coloroso
    American author
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  • Alcee Hastings Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Bobby Scott Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World country, and I said, 'I'm going to just squat behind a tree.' I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Blake Mycoskie Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Rose Macaulay Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.
    Rose Macaulay
    English writer (1881 - 1958)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Anna Lindh Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • Kofi Annan Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • John Webster Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, but looking to near, have neither heat not light.
    John Webster
    English dramatist (1580 - 1634)
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