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“What was given to us by the past is adapted to the possibilities of the future.”

Past Given Possibility Adapted

Author:Carl Jung

“Rationality and the instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will lead us to a planet without countries, without wars, without patriotism, without religions, without poverty, where we will be able to share the world. Actually, maybe I am not sure I truly believe that I believe this, but I do want to believe that I believe this.”

World Want Believe Long War Country Able Given I Believe Poverty Share Planets Periods Instinct Prosperity Not Sure Regions Collaboration Rationality

Author:Carlo Rovelli

“From all those created in the image of God there is something to be received, and to them something to be given.”

Given God Image

Author:Colin Gunton

“While one could hardly say that philosophers have given much attention to the place that the concept of evil has among our moral concepts, they have done so more in the last ten or so years than they had before. I have, therefore, often wondered why there has been so little discussion of goodness. In Search of Goodness is not only an exception: it is an admirable one. It is original and provocative, impressive both in its breadth and depth.”

Years Littles Has Beens Done Lasts Evil Given Attention Moral Ten Goodness Concepts Originals Depth Philosopher Discussion Exception Impressive Admirable Provocative Breadth

Author:Raimond Gaita

“Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.”

Way Has Beens Self Play Use Might Night Asks Games Given Process Powerful Behavior Negative Could Have Been Neurotic Old Love

Author:Marianne Williamson

“The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of His daughters.”

Given Son Daughter Companionship

Author:Dallin H. Oaks

“Trending topics helped make Twitter a more relevant metric of what the world was talking about at any given moment. Google has worked for years in the space, most notably with Google Trends and Hot Searches, but Google+ offers the search giant the ability to see what is truly trending in real time.”

World Years Real Moments Given Ability Space Talking Offers Hot Giants Trends Relevant Google Topics Ability To See Metrics

Author:Ben Parr

“An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.”

Moments House Given Majority Representatives Offense Impeachment House Of Representatives

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“Suffering may be someones fault or it may not be anyones fault. But if given to God, our suffering becomes an opportunity to experience the power of God at work in our lives and to give glory to Him.”

Ifs Giving May Suffering Opportunity Given Our Lives Glory Faults Power Of God

Book:Just Give Me Jesus

Source: Just Give Me Jesus

“Human ingenuity has given centuries to the goal of ensuring that the human body might move around at an even 68 degrees all year.”

Years Humans Body Might Moving Given Goal Modern Century Degrees Human Body Modern Life Ingenuity

Author:Lance Morrow

“From May until October, the Ottoman Government pursued methodically a plan of extermination far more hellish than the worst possible massacre. Orders for deportation of the entire Armenian population to Mesopotamia were dispatched to every province of Asia Minor. These orders were explicit and detailed. No hamlet was too insignificant to be missed. The news was given by town criers that every Armenian was to be ready to leave at a certain hour for an unknown destination.”

“Her heart-is given him, with all its love and truth. She would joyfully die with him, or, better than that, die for him. She knows he has failings, but she thinks they have grown up through his being like one cast away, for the want of something to trust in, and care for, and think well of.”

Thinking Knows Want Love Wells Heart Care Dies Given Failing Casts Truth And Love Cast Away

Book:Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“It was the momentary yielding of a nature that had been disappointed from the dawn of its perceptions, but had not quite given up all its hopeful yearnings yet.”

Character Given Interesting Perception Dawn Hopeful Disappointed Yearning Given Up Momentary Interesting Characters

Book:LITTLE DORRIT

Source: LITTLE DORRIT

“Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever given alms appears, to add his mite of peace and comfort to my stock; and whenever the fire within me shall grow cold, to light my path upon this earth no more, I pray that it may be at such an hour as this, and when I love the world as well as I do now.”

Source: CHARLES DICKENS – The Complete Short Stories: 190+ Christmas Tales, Social Sketches, Tales for Children & Other Stories (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man, Sketches by Boz, Mudfog Papers, Reprinted Pieces, Pearl-Fishing, Christmas Stories, Child's Dream of a Star, Holiday Romance…

“Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.”

Ifs Joy Given Inspiring Gateways

Author:Elisabeth Elliot

“Certain supplementary restrictions imposed on the text compel us to perceive it as poetry. As soon as one assigns a given text to the category of poetry, the number of meaningful elements in it acquires the capacity to grow and the system of their combinations also becomes more complex.”

Art Poetry Certain Given Grows Numbers Elements Capacity Complexes Meaningful Combination Perceive Acquire Categories Restriction

Author:Yuri Lotman

“Interfaces called transparent allow us to interact/do what we're supposed to do without being aware of how the effects are obtained. We should perhaps speak instead about their opacity, given that we cannot see through them to the machine.”

Should Poetry Literature Speak Given Effects Machines Transparent Interfaces

Author:Stephanie Strickland

“It was then given me to know that the power of revitalization of my body was mine, and I, who had been pronounced dead by man, lived strongly in the body.”

Knows Men Soul Body Given Mines Revitalization

Author:Walter Russell

“Given the huge number Xbox owners and how many of them love gaming spectatorship, its a natural fit to bring the Twitch experience to the 360.”

Given Natural Numbers Huge Fit Owners Gaming Huge Numbers Xbox

Author:Emmett Shear

“Our assignment is not only to make visits but to consistently carry the Spirit into homes, to bless families with the pure love of Christ, to inspire, encourage, lift, and fortify. Every home is in need of additional support. Visiting teachers bring that blessed reinforcement. It is a sacred trust we have been given. We can overcome the obstacles.”

Needs Has Beens Home Spirit Given Christ Support Teacher Inspire Pure Overcoming Blessed Sacred Obstacles Lifts Bless Consistently Visiting Assignments Pure Love Reinforcement

Author:Bonnie D. Parkin

“Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.”

Firsts Seems Might Belief Given Dad Reputation Glowing

Book:Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant

Source: Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant

“Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.”

Men Art Different Reality Order Given Effort Art Is Constant

Author:Chinua Achebe

“I don't know what a person does that does not have a relationship with God. When he goes to the doctor and the doctors says, 'Hey, you've got less than two months to live and there's nothing we can do for you.' Who do they turn to when you're given something that earth shattering?”

Knows Persons Doe Two Earth Turns Given Can Do Months Doctors Hey Relationship With God Two Months Hey You Shattering

Author:Si Robertson

“I studied medicine so I could help others - set a leg or whatever - and it's given me a great deal of satisfaction.”

Helping Given Deals Medicine Satisfaction Legs Helping Others

Author:Fred Hollows

“The power of the Holy Spirit cannot be successfully duplicated. If a person is supernaturally changed and given a love for God's glory, God did it.”

Ifs Persons Spirit Given Changed Holy Glory God Love Holy Spirit

Book:Holy Fire

Source: Holy Fire

“People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back. And given what the United States Government and Western powers have done to the third world, I feel that these countries should fight back.”

People World Feels Should Country States Done Government Fighting Given United United States Violence Thirds Western Rebel Third World State Government United States Government

Author:Yuri Kochiyama

“My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.”

Ifs Men Long Has Beens Father Given Opinion Written Policy Fine Interviews Articles Respectful Divergent

Author:Patti Davis

“Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.”

People Knows Shows Given

Author:Dan Harmon

“I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better.”

Thinking Needs Persons Given Monogamy

Author:Nancy Friday

“As long as I continue to breathe, as long as there's injustice in this world, I will use the voice that God has given me to speak against it.”

World Long Use Speak Given Voice This World Injustice Breathe

Author:James MacArthur

“Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.”

Ends Age Able Wanted Speak Given Careers Teacher Scholar I Am Pretty

Author:George Steiner

“Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.”

People Light Given Creative Growing Up Growing Doors England Green Publishers Banging Green Lights

Author:Nick Bantock

“I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book and raise three young kids and had another child on the way.”

Way Trying Children Book Kids Young Three Next Given Produce Raises Interviews

Author:Nick Bantock

“The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.”

Given Balls Golf Lectures Golf Ball

Author:Dan Jenkins

“The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialise alone.”

Ifs Humans Choices Given Social Human Beings Media Strange Lessons Social Media

Author:Walter Kirn

“Wherefore, as I have said to you, I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of the humble and immaculate Lamb, My only-begotten Son, may be administered to you.”

Men Humans May Said Given Blood Human Nature Greatness Divine Son Creatures Salvation Unions Sake Humble Chosen Rational Ministers Lambs Divine Nature Immaculate

Author:St. Catherine of Siena

“Eric's performance is an awesome and entirely honest expression of the pain and beauty of his music. To watch him play is like riding on the tail of a dragon, but he is so gentle with his rider, you forget how high up you are or how intense the ride is. He is perhaps the most generous performer I have ever watched, every bit of himself is given to the audience. He's like a Marina Abramovic with a piano, completely and deeply committed, regardless of that pain.”

Play Pain Given Bits Forget Watches Audience Honest Expression Performances Committed Intense Gentle Piano Generous Dragons Performers Riding Tails Riders Eric

Author:Tea Leoni

“I do well to interpret scripts to the best of my ability so even if I'm given a monster to play a love scene with, I will.”

Ifs Wells Play Given Ability Scene Scripts Monsters

Author:Majid Michel

“Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?”

People Want Young Given Grows Growing Up Advice Right Now Adults Encouragement Meaningful Meaningful Life

Author:Adora Svitak

“I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.”

“The important point is that since the origin of life belongs in the category of at-least-once phenomena, time is on its side. However improbable we regard this event, or any of the steps which it involves, given enough time it will almost certainly happen at least once. And for life as we know it, with its capacity for growth and reproduction, once may be enough.”

Knows May Important Enough Happens Given Sides Growth Steps Events Capacity Regard Categories Enough Time Reproduction Improbable Origin Of Life

Author:George Wald

“Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day.”

Looks Remember Given Half Empty Glasses Each Day Half Full Half Empty Live Each Day Gifts Of Life Glass Half Full

Author:Mattie Stepanek

“Over the past six years [since implementing RIMS] we have added very few additional full-time jobs, but we have brought in $120 million of new business . . . These efficiencies have really given us the ability to take advantage of new opportunities and expand our business.”

Years Jobs Past Opportunity Given Ability Millions Six Advantage Efficiency Over The Past Rims New Opportunity New Business Full Time Jobs Implementing

Author:Don Richardson

“I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.”

People Thinking Kind Given Felt Smart Connections Smart People Paralysis

Author:Noah Baumbach

“It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google really knows about what the world is up to.”

Knows World Want Years Ends Given Complaining Ritual Google Shallow Publish Summary Year End

Author:John Battelle

“In Paris, you couldn't really turn around without seeing the result of lovers' bad decisions. An artist given to sexual excess was almost a cliché, but no one seemed to mind. As long as you were making something good or interesting or sensational, you could have as many lovers as you wanted and ruin them all.”

Mind Long Wanted Artist Turns Given Decision Interesting Results Seeing Lovers Ruins Paris Excess Sensational Bad Decision

Book:The Paris Wife: A Novel

Source: The Paris Wife: A Novel

“After what I have seen, I realize that absolutely anything is possible, and that we did not come here to suffer. Life is supposed to be great, and we are very, very loved. The way I look at life has changed dramatically, and I am so glad to have been given a second chance to experience “heaven on earth”.”

Way Looks Has Beens Earth Life Is Suffering Given Heaven Realizing Chance Changed Glad Supposed To Be Second Chance Anything Is Possible Heaven On Earth Life Has Changed Given A Second Chance

Author:Anita Moorjani

“All the passages in the Holy Scriptures that mention assistance are they that do away with "free-will", and these are countless...For grace is needed, and the help of grace is given, because "free-will" can do nothing.”

Helping Given Can Do Grace Needed Holy Scripture Free Will Passages Assistance Holy Scriptures

Author:Martin Luther

“That soul is dead to which the Spirit of Christ is not given in the work of regeneration; and all its works are dead works.”

Soul Spirit Given Christ Regeneration

Author:John Flavel

“None are drawn to Christ by their calling, nor come to him by believing, but only his sheep, those whom the Father has given him,. Effectual calling runs parallel with eternal election.”

Believe Running Father Given Christ Calling Eternal Election Sheep Parallels

Book:A Sure Guide to Heaven

Source: A Sure Guide to Heaven