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Be just before you are generous. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

You, Just, Before

While Pop lived his life in comfort, he was always generous to the less fortunate. William E. Simon

Life, Comfort, Always, Lived, Fortunate

I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous, from the grassroots up, nations in the world. Andrew Forrest

Culture, World, You, Look, Why, See

I'm involved in quite a few ministries as a bridge builder, trying to match generous givers and donors to other ministries. Based on my past, I'm also involved in mainly the prison ministry. I go to jails and prisons and share my story, trying to give them some hope. Lex Luger

Hope, Past, Bridge, Story, Prison, Go

It's shameful to admit, but it's been a bit of a lifelong affair, and I do now feel I'm as good as it gets. I'm honourable, kind, friendly, warm, intelligent, generous, and I've got a good sense of humour. Miriam Margolyes

Good, Warm, Feel, Kind, Now, Admit

I want a desirable place to work to attract and keep them here. So you try to create an environment for people to do their best work, and be generous on the benefit side. Joe Mansueto

Work, Best, People, You, Environment

Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border issue. And I don't blame him. Herman Cain

Blame, Border, Real, Him, Clear, Made

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving. Mario Batali

Time, Dinner, Giving, You, Someone, Want

She's generous to a fault - if it's her own. Arthur Baer

She, Own, Fault, Her

If you can write someone off as a bad person, then it's easier, but when someone is also great and noble and generous and kind and funny and contradictory, it gets harder. Boy George

Funny, Great, You, Someone, Kind, Person

For much of the latter part of the 20th century, Australia seemed to be opening up to something large and good. It believed itself a generous country, the land of the 'fair go.' Richard Flanagan

Good, Australia, Opening, Country, Go

Even if we grade on a very generous curve, many Americans flunk when it comes to financial literacy. Richard Thaler

Financial, Literacy, Curve, Many, Very

I consider myself a significant supporter of any candidate I work for, and I am certainly generous, I think, with my own funds. Kenneth Langone

Work, Myself, I Am, Think, Own, My Own

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism. Jill Abramson

Relationship, Better, Encouragement

Feed your brothers and sisters simply, graciously, with generous care, and you will secure a place in their heart. Maximillian Degenerez

Heart, Care, You, Place, Will, Secure

My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents. Tony Abbott

Parents, Mad, Were, Encouraging, Very

There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you. Jack Layton

Nature, Change, Great, Challenges, You

When you get to be a certain age, you want to wear your tops a little longer or pants that are more generous in the back area. Tina Knowles

Age, You, Want, Back, Pants, More

We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet. Krist Novoselic

Sweet, Caring, Remember, He, Kurt

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all. Pamela Stephenson

Myself, Mind, Forward, Enough, Think

My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop in Dundee giving a lot of people tick. When he died, a lot of people hadn't paid their bills, so he died with a lot of debt. After he died, my mother went doolally. Brian Cox

Father, Mother, Man, People, Giving

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way. George Aiken

Good, People, World, Bad, Way, Greedy

If R. Akiva was perhaps overly generous in judging his generation, it can perhaps be ascribed to the belief, based on his own experience, that everyone is capable of a dramatic life change. Meir Soloveichik

Life, Change, Experience, Generation

Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially. Warren Farrell

Men, Quite, Financially, Likely

After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered its neighbours, including China, with generous economic assistance. Only in 1995 did it finally offer an apology, but this was of the most limited and formulaic kind. Martin Jacques

War, World, True, Defeat, Kind, China

Myths have a certain staying power because, really, they are aspirational - not always who we are, but always who we want to be. We see ourselves as good and generous. We believe we are a virtuous nation. Richard Cohen

Good, Power, Believe, Want, Nation, See

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