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Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance.

I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand.

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.

My mission is to give girls the tools to be able to blossom into their best selves.

We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.

One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.

The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.

I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it.

It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan.

It took me six months to redeem myself at least to have another chance to at least have her get to know me and let her know I was at least a decent guy and to give me a shot. And here we are, we've been married seven years.

It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.

I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could.

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section.

This drama between Dean and Ehrlichman took place while I was trying to give the contents to the FBI.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.

We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer.

We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early.

Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.

What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.