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Care Quotes

"I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration."

"I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,And where care lodges, sleep will never lie."

"Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,And where care lodges, sleep will never lie."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Care, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception."

"A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Care, Man, Office

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"Be loving, be caring"

"Be loving, be caring"

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Care, Loving, Caring, Self

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"Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing."

"Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Care, Children, Harm, Wage

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"Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own."

"Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends."

"No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Care, Health, Pleasure, Friendship

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"You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands."

"You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

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"One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do."

"One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"Face it-nobody cares.But so what? Their apathy doesn't diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so that they don't feel like nobody cares."

"Face it-nobody cares.But so what? Their apathy doesn't diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so that they don't feel like nobody cares."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Care, Apathy, Truth, Life, Power

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"You do so much for me, my friend. I am truly blessed to have the friendship of someone as amazing as you. You are part of my life."

"You do so much for me, my friend. I am truly blessed to have the friendship of someone as amazing as you. You are part of my life."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Care, Friendship, Blessing, Love

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"Just handle the books gently and you'll get along fine."

"Just handle the books gently and you'll get along fine."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Care, Books, Patience, Respect

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"Be someone's security blanket when theirs is in the wash."

"Be someone's security blanket when theirs is in the wash."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Care, Love, Truth, Happiness, Today

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"Nothing you build will ever last without a lot of tender-loving-care (TLC)."

"Nothing you build will ever last without a lot of tender-loving-care (TLC)."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Care, Love, Effort, Persistence

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"Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself."

"Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Care, Influence

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"I would like to sing someone to sleep,to sit beside someone and be there.I would like to rock you and sing softlyand go with you to and from sleep.I would like to be the one in the housewho knew: The night was cold.And I would like to listen in and listen outinto you, into the world, into the woods.The clocks shout to one another striking,and one sees to the bottom of time.And down below one last, strange man walks byand rouses a strange dog.And after that comes silence.I have laid my eyes upon you wide;and they hold you gently and let you gowhen something stirs in the dark."

"I would like to sing someone to sleep,to sit beside someone and be there.I would like to rock you and sing softlyand go with you to and from sleep.I would like to be the one in the housewho knew: The night was cold.And I would like to listen in and listen outinto you, into the world, into the woods.The clocks shout to one another striking,and one sees to the bottom of time.And down below one last, strange man walks byand rouses a strange dog.And after that comes silence.I have laid my eyes upon you wide;and they hold you gently and let you gowhen something stirs in the dark."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Care, Love, Comfort, Peace

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"In her head is war. All the time just war. I put her to bed. I bring peace to the world."

"In her head is war. All the time just war. I put her to bed. I bring peace to the world."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Care, War, Peace, Mind, Love

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"Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again-not after they'd been apart for so many months."

"Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again-not after they'd been apart for so many months."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Care, Protection, Love, Truth, Power

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"To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself."

"To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Care, Idleness, Man, Poor

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"You celebrate what works and you take tender care of what doesn't, with lotion, polish, and kindness."

"You celebrate what works and you take tender care of what doesn't, with lotion, polish, and kindness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Care, Celebration, Healing, Kindness, Love

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"May 4, 1985. I am packing for a short trip to New York to discuss the cat book with Brion. In the front room where the kittens are kept, Calico Jane is nursing one black kitten. I pick up my Tourister. It seems heavy. I look inside and there are her other four kittens."Take care of my babies. Take them with you wherever you go."

"May 4, 1985. I am packing for a short trip to New York to discuss the cat book with Brion. In the front room where the kittens are kept, Calico Jane is nursing one black kitten. I pick up my Tourister. It seems heavy. I look inside and there are her other four kittens."Take care of my babies. Take them with you wherever you go."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Care, Trust, Responsibility, Love

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"I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears."

"I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

"I have more care to staythan will to go."

"I have more care to staythan will to go."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Care, Regret, Truth, Life, Wisdom

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