Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.


Tom Robbins

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A man is what he gives to this world.
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no man can be what he wants to be, he can only be what others want him to be
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The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
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Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enable...
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If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
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The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
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If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
ROBERT SOUTH
I'm going to call him and see what he says. He usually gives me a hard time.
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What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality
DANIEL WEBSTER
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
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We have confident; God gives only what pleases Him.
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One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suff...
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One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suff...
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A magician reveals himself not only by the magic he presents but also by the respect and entertainme...
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What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
JOHANN VON GOETHE
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Man never has what he wants, because what he wants is everything.
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
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A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
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When I was trying to earn Jesus by being good, I missed the real Jesus who wants us to love him and ...
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Death is what he wants and what he'll get only if you accommodate him.
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He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of gener...
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He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of gener...
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His heart and hand both open and both free; For what he has he gives, what thinks he shows; Yet give...
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A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and...
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He who thanks life for what it gives him is the one who doesn’t expect everything from life.
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Grab him by the throat, ... and just start strangling him until he gives in and does what he's suppo...
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No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which...
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A happy man is one who wants what he has. An unhappy man gets what he wants but never stops wanting.
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Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is ...
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The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants
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The most important thing about a man is what he believes in the depth of his being. This is the thin...
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
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You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you
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You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.
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That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
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Only God gives a man true friends, He is the one who binds the heart of men together.
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He who fears something gives it power over him.
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He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
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When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
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Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
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The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives hi...
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What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
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You see, what we do with what He gives us determines how much more we will get.
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He gives twice who gives quickly.
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I nodded into his shirt.
"Gives you an ide...
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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
GEORGE HERBERT
What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH
The treagedy of man is greater when he gives it up.
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However much a man gives, there is more that he withholds
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Even the enemy needs permission from God to do what he wants with you.
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Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not...
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The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call hi...
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He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.
JAPANESE PROVERB
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JACK BELCHER
He is still dialed in and gives good counsel, and that is what we are seeking.
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Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may ...
WILLIAM AMES
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her...
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Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her y...
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Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
JOHN BARBOUR
Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
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Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
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You never see Brady panic. I think that goes for the team as well. When the team sees your quarterba...
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He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
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He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missiona...
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The world gives a way to the man who knows where he is going.
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Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to con...
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I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice.
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An expert gives an objective view. He gives his own view.
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A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest
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Color is what gives me hope.
Color is what gives me life.
Color is what gives me love.
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I'll tell you, this horse's name says it all -- Honorable Man. He gives his all every time he runs.
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Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfac...
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Reuben is a fighter and that's what we love about him. The offensive line and the tight ends love bl...
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A man is nothing without dreams. A man is called idiot while he dreams. Whatever he does, he'll be j...
ASPER BLURRY
We wanted a stone on his grave. This gives him the recognition he deserves.
FRANK KELLY
If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to.
JOE MOORE
He who wants to barter, usually knows what is best for him
AFRICAN PROVERB
He that lends, gives.
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If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will ...
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It's been a positive thing for us. I think it's excellent.
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What is it that separates human beings from the so-called lower animals? Well, as I see it, its exac...
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Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon lear...
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We had a lot of young players this season. I thought they have improved over the course of the year....
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There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the...
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That's for God sure. People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
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Their desperate craving for simplicity sure can create complications. And their pitiful longing for ...
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Who knows how to make love stay?Tell love you are going to the Junior's Deli on Flatbush Avenue in B...
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The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only ...
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When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results...
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To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.
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The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.
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Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef
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Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.
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I've decided to take advantage of outsourcing. My next novel will be written by a couple of guys...
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To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
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On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth w...
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The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook th...
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Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.
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Alas, Gulietta, this was an American frog of the last quarter of the twentieth century, a time when ...
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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this...
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Conversation between a princess and an outlaw:
"If I stand for fairy-tale balls and dragon bai...
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There are landscapes in which we feel above us not sky but space. Something larger, deeper than sky ...
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If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe eve...
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Now tequila may be the favored beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives them preferential ...
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But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for...
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But do we know how to make love stay?'
I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play i...
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Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn't understand stability. He's confused it with...
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I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know.
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At the typewriter you find out who you are.
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