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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. ↗

— Og Mandino

#art #benefactor #better #crown #does

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent. ↗

— Patrick Marber

#approve #benevolent #characters #decent #heart

It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and recreational drug use doesn't seem to have that same renegade sense of adventure that it once did. ↗

— Marc Maron

#control #did #minds #more #now

Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance. Jesus knew that by his vicarious suffering he could actually absorb all the evil of humanity and so heal it, forgive it, redeem it. ↗

— Richard J. Foster

#forgiveness #golgotha #jesus #salvation #sin

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#benefits #comedian #i #known #stuck

Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered. ↗

— Angie Martinez

#been #called #done #friends #get

I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy. ↗

— Richard Marx

#best #doing #enemy #i #my own

I was little impressed with this rough and ready way of persuading people to renew their contracts and decided that I was now quite free of any obligations. ↗

— Pietro Mascagni

#contracts #decided #free #i #impressed

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it. ↗

— John Masefield

#dies #generous #insufferable #made #man

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

#change #himself #his #necessary #person