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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road.

Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.

Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Nothing's as easy as it is on a sitcom. Issues that we take care of in 20 minutes on the show can stretch out over years in real families.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

IBM has taken a leadership role in this area and is prepared to be a technology partner with companies around the world to take advantage of these new developments.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community.

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

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.

Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.

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.