- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Take for Granted Quotes
Noticing what usually goes unnoticed.
These lines call out everyday things people overlook, from freedoms enjoyed within one country to small interactions with drivers that quietly shape daily routines. Pair them with Life quotes for broader reflection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example, would not have existed - it simply would not, because Berry Gordy, the founder of it, his parents had migrated from Georgia to Detroit where he founded Motown, and where did he get his talent?
- Generously
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of themselves and acted in public, as people who didn't know what would happen next, but who were sure that acts of true risk and fear would produce something different from what they had been raised to take for granted.
- Nov 07, 2020
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most interesting lessons often lie in the mundane - those aspects of everyday life that locals take for granted and tourists tend to overlook.
- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take pride in a lot of things people take for granted, so when opportunities come my way, I just cherish them and try to make the most of them.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been talking to a lot of young people, especially here in America. I let them know that the people who they're competing with for opportunities live all over the place. They're probably not in your city, state, or country; they are hungry, and they are grinding! Some of the things that a lot of us take for granted, these people don't.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020