"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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"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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"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."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

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"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

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"One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"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."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

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"I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way."

Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer

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"To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back."

Tom Brown, American Actor

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"You see I have to be in the clinic every Thursday and it's in Phoenix so I have to fly down or drive down. It has to be every Thursday for this damn stuff they're giving me."

Lee Hazlewood, American Musician

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"When I give I give myself."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"The best opportunity for our uplifting is the opportunity to give."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

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