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Everything serious in the world is well approached by humour. It's a powerful and often quite subversive tool. I suppose there is an argument that could be made against me for being frivolous, but I do think a laugh is a very generous thing to give.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Against Argument Being Could Everything Frivolous Generous Give Humour Laugh Made Me Often Powerful Quite Serious Subversive Suppose Thing Think Tool Very Well World

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The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Against Allow Bankruptcy Boost Campaign Capitalism City Creators Detroit Employment Enough Failure Flee Generous Government Government Spending Grow Income Income Inequality Increase Inequality Job Keep Order Pension People Plans Promise Repeat Simple Spending Story Tax Until Voting Wash

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No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.

~Benjamin Harrison

Topics: Enterprise Extent Full Generous Government Labor Land Look Love Magnificent More Other People Pleasant Respect Suggestion Worthy

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My teacher, Professor Smil Sommarin, was a fine pedagogue, a very generous person, and a great admirer of Kurt Wicksell.

~Bertil Ohlin

Topics: Admirer Fine Generous Great Kurt Person Professor Teacher Very

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Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.

~Beth Anderson

Topics: Better California Comforts Curious Even Everything Food Fruits Generous Just Living Vegetables Wine Wonderful

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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

~Bill Bradley

Topics: Collaborative Generous Leaders Modest Should

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Communicated in the right way, Judeo-Christian philosophy and the religions that uphold it bind a citizenry together in pursuit of a just and generous society.

~Bill O'Reilly

Topics: Bind Citizenry Generous Just Philosophy Pursuit Religions Right Right Way Society Together Uphold Way

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I have always been impressed by the fruit community. There is a Tao of fruit, which is generous. You share what you know, and you give what you can.

~Bill Pullman

Topics: Always Been Community Fruit Generous Give Impressed Know Share Which You

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I think that we're so generous in some of our social problems that people are unwilling to get a job outside in the heat. Rather than get 15 dollars to go get roofing, they'd rather get 9 or 10 dollars in benefits.

~Blake Farenthold

Topics: Benefits Dollars Generous Get Go Heat Job Our Outside People Problems Rather Social Social Problems Some Than Think Unwilling I Think

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The open and generous nature of the American people has the capacity to astonish and push boundaries. We crowdfund, sign petitions, dump buckets of ice on ourselves, and embrace new ways of relating to our environment.

~Blase J. Cupich

Topics: American American People Astonish Boundaries Capacity Dump Embrace Environment Generous Ice Nature New New Ways Open Our Ourselves People Push Relating Sign Ways

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