#receive

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. ↗

— Leon Askin

#difference #great #great deal #his #honorary

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#complained #deserve #entertaining #heroism #i

But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of our own broad land, received all the fundamentals of civilization as a heritage from their European ancestors. ↗

— James H. Breasted

#ancestors #broad #cities #civilization #efforts

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ↗

— Buddha

#envies #envy #mind #nor #obtain

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States. ↗

— George W. Bush

#distinctions #done #honours #i #president

African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #been #being #brainwashed #brainwashing

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#great #great ones #like #magnifies #microscope

I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama. ↗

— Joan Collins

#anything #british #british empire #drama #empire

You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert. ↗

— Dick Dale

#dale #even #haven #heard #live

The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer. ↗

— Marc Davis

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