#receiving

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#had #humiliating #law #mainly #means

Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#aging #beautiful #beautiful woman #better #better way

Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#amazing #australian #celebrate #come #community

I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches. ↗

— Helen Suzman

#am #creature #end #frail #get

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ↗

— William Temple

#capable #creature #live #man #more

A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage. ↗

— Cass Canfield

#always #anonymous #any #author #center

Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it ↗

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#love #receiving #relationships #love

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. ↗

— Tony Snow

#baby #baby boomers #benefits #boomers #by the time

Giving opens the way for receiving. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#opens #receiving #way

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. ↗

— Brené Brown

#imperfection #life #receiving #relationships #relationship