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You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.

When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

You've gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care of a lot of people, and we can't forget to take care of ourselves.

I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do.

Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school.

Usually, at the end of a film it's like I've finally gotten to know this person completely, and then we're done. That actually happened on the set of 'Twilight,' and then it happened again on 'New Moon.' Each time my character Bella became a different person, and I got to know that person and take her to the next level.

So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.

Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

Anything that's for free, people will take. They don't discriminate.

Anytime I have an idea, I'll make sure that I put it down so that when we do sit down to write an album, I don't have to dream it all out of thin air. I don't have to be creative on the spur of the moment, or spontaneously artistic. I just take advantage of whenever creativity strikes.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.