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"Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving."
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"You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return."
"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse."
"Contrary to popular opinion, we are all a vast brotherhood of human beings whose very survival hinges not on what we keep, but on what we give. And it is in the giving that we not only survive to live another day, but we thrive to celebrate another day."
"One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take."
"What they were giving me seemed incredibly real to me, so I'd react to it in a very real way. That was frightening for me, especially because of the subject."
"I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour."
"I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way."
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"The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors."
"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."
"Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain."
"The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it."
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