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From my father I heard only these words: "But you were born for such a day as this." He closed the book and my mother joined him in embracing me. They prayed over me and they gave me a blessing. And some blessings, like the one my conservative Christ...

Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day!' ... 'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.' 'Be ...

The Fleet Street Murders

I had written the sentence, 'You mustn't think that the evolution that gave rise to us was the only evolutionary possibility on this planet. . . . that cultural developments could be shaped through the mediation of another animal species. If the biol...

Karel Capek

Look at this woman. This beauty. What an act of grace. What a gift she gave me. Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release. Anastasia gave me a huge ...

Amy Poehler

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

Cindy Crawford

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

Jeff Koons

If the one who gave me life wants the real me to die... then all I can do is die.

After School Nightmare, Volume 8

So they finally gave you the license to kill, about time.

Spirit Bound

A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.

Northanger Abbey

I've been to many beauty salons. No one gave me a certificate.

The New Land

... but she believed and that was the price of belief. It gave no discounts to friendship (p370)

Proxy

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

Gene Tierney

I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'

Larry David

I worked with the best - Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - and it gave me an ability to be confident. It turned me into a CEO and a creative director and a brand.

Kimora Lee Simmons

Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

Maureen O'Hara

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

Natalia Vodianova

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

Oliver Herford

I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.

Roberto Clemente

I gave myself a year to be a supermodel. And I said, 'If it doesn't happen, I'm going back to school.'

Tyra Banks

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

Tryon Edwards

Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.

Lupe Fiasco