#gave

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#being #came #carl #formal #gave

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#christmas #expecting #fell #first #friend

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#gift #god #live #me #responsibility

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#gift #god #i #i do #live

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people. ↗

— Michael Clarke Duncan

#beautiful #beautiful people #best #especially #gave

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#man #me #montana #ranch #spending

Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#gave #had #i #made #me

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#because #deeply #felt #gave #go

When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life. ↗

— David Eddings

#cadre #experiences #gave #harrowing #here

On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#came #comrades #despairing #farewell #freedom