#receive

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright. ↗

— Jose Marti

#birthright #completely #country #culture #disposal

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely. ↗

— Steve Martin

#book #definitely #doing #how #i

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ↗

— John Muir

#every #far #more #nature #receives

It was of the greatest moment, and consequence, that they should believe in him when he came, for they could receive no benefit from him without believing him to be their Messiah. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#believing #benefit #came #consequence #could

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#been #belief #best #class #his

I could have just received royalty checks every month by lending my name to a collection, but I didn't want to do that. My name is a reflection of me. ↗

— Nicky Hilton

#collection #could #every #i #just

It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work. ↗

— Mike Honda

#amazing #equal #equal pay #fewer #into

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#nationally #overwhelmingly #per #pupil #receive

Right now as an artist, what I want to do is be a part of works that are unignorable. I couldn't be less interested in how people receive it, honestly. As long as it's unignorable. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

#honestly #how #i #interested #less

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me. ↗

— Billy Joel

#been #both #bothered #criticism #criticized