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"Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others."
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"There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself."

"Give with love, give with smile, give freely, it is our duty and responsibility to humanity."

"I will not find myself, nor will I obtain any precarious morsel of life in giving all of life to myself. If I am ever to find these things, I must first be willing to give these things away at the very moment that I come into possession of them."

"Give everything away. Create an emptiness to fill again and again with love."
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"The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream."

"You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities."

"You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord."

"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way."

"The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time."

"I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up."

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

"It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on."
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