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- Nov 07, 2020
Giving Quotes
The turn from taking to giving.
These giving quotes cover teaching methods that build on solid preparation, a personal shift from mostly receiving to actually giving once circumstances improved, and giving a platform to voices without one. See Good quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole American experiment has been predicated on giving individuals as much control over their own lives as possible.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned the dangerous lesson of the web: You succeed by giving up control, and that's inverse of the normal campaign.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
We learn, grow and become compassionate and generous as much through exile as homecoming, as much through loss as gain, as much through giving things away as in receiving what we believe to be our due.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor. They couldn't have been less enthusiastic if I'd proposed starting a commercial newt-breeding operation in the bathroom.
- Columns
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lucy Kellaway's columns in the 'Financial Times' lend themselves to podcasts because they usually consist of her giving a brisk ticking off to some CEO or subversively wondering whether we're really as busy as we pretend we are.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before 'Homeland,' I had £80 in the bank and no idea what I was going to do. I seriously considered giving it all up and getting a job as a lorry driver.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Giving kids the chance to see live theatre should not just be free, it should be compulsory.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020