#giving

When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music. ↗

— Tom Petty

#been #bell #decided #done #giving

There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#flavor #forgiving #i #learned #made

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#her #history #little #make #makes

The whole American experiment has been predicated on giving individuals as much control over their own lives as possible. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#been #control #experiment #giving #individuals

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#becoming #beginning #being #giving #giving up

What I gave I have, what I spent I had, what I left I lost by not giving it. ↗

— Thomas Ravenscroft

#giving #had #i #left #lost

Being sent away to school was no different from my biological mother giving me away. ↗

— Michael Reagan

#being #biological #different #giving #me

It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union. ↗

— John H. Reagan

#conventions #currency #declaration #every #giving

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss. ↗

— Pat Riley

#guarantees #lose #loss #permission #yourself

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#corporate #giving #much #nature #philanthropic