#given

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had. ↗

— James Bovard

#few #forefathers #freedom #given #had

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. ↗

— Vera Brittain

#believed #break #break up #court #divorced

I've been given an amazing opportunity and I could not be more grateful. But I also know that all this will eventually die off. It's not real. It will go away and then you'll go away and then, I don't know, I'll be left sitting in some English hotel room. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#amazing #away #been #could #die

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#men #new #new testament #opportunities #privileges

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists. ↗

— Paul Farmer

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Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#concern #congressional #difficulty #favor #given

Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#given #i #movies #notes #over

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#director #every #execute #given #instruction

The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on tons of these variety shows, given to me by their great writers. I'd love to be doing all that again. ↗

— Ruth Buzzi

#comedy #dean #dean martin #doing #given