#granted

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try. ↗

— Erika Christensen

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Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived. ↗

— E. Joseph Cossman

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The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted. ↗

— Christopher Darden

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You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. ↗

— Bill Gates

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Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is. ↗

— Rebecca Lobo

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We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world. ↗

— Trent Lott

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