I do not take anything for granted – I like to shoulder every responsibility.
I think the key to the whole appeal of Amazons is the egalitarian society. There was once a time and place where equality was taken for granted – it was logical and necessary – and I think most people can get the message that if it happened once, it could happen again.
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.
Today, we’re very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted – all the things you have in the house, the way industry works.
I can’t take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself – either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.
I’m still really close with everyone at home and their parents – and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don’t take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.
You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never took the talent for granted – I’ve always worked really hard to be as good as I could be.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
Clean water is such a treasure that we take for granted in America.
The Kosovars were granted autonomy at the end of World War II, but then aspiring president Milosevic had the autonomy revoked in 1989, and the Dayton Accords of 1995, which ended the recent war in Bosnia and Croatia, failed to address the issue of Kosovo’s status.
I don’t take anything for granted. There are 500 other girls right behind me. And I know that, because I was one of them.
Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose to love are the very ones denied that right by those who routinely take their vows for granted?
I took all my blessings for granted. The fact that God has given me another chance to do what I love to do, and still have my husband and my children and my sanity and good people in my corner, I’m gonna do it right this time and show that I appreciate it.
I always was one who didn’t take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before.
We’re so lucky to take being alive for granted.
I never considered myself as a favourite in any hurdles event. I never took anything for granted.
My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.
Many of the things that we take for granted around the table, like cashing a check or just paying a bill or sending money to somebody you love, is very time consuming.
I don’t take my work ever for granted. I still work very hard on every song and try to outdo myself every time.
Creating a distraction is a skill we should all have. Never take for granted your ability to spot something interesting out of the corner of you eye and take attention away from your thoughtlessness.
I am fortunate to be successful. People’s love is precious to me. I can never take that for granted.
I can’t tell you the thrill and joy of when I was cast in my first Broadway show. Granted, it was ‘Starlight Express’ and it was exhausting, but it was my first time on Broadway, and there was nothing like it.
Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade – whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.
You can’t take me for granted!
Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.
A man will talk all day about the woman he wants, but should he come across that woman, he’ll do something stupid like cheat on her with the kind of woman he was trying to get away from in the first place. It’s not a lot of second chances granted in the realm of that.
Being polite, being respectful, having manners, and being a socialite – they’re key life skills that people take for granted. Being able to communicate with all people on all levels is what’s got me so far.
My job is to not take for granted when somebody says, ‘Oh, this is all just a made-up, phony scandal,’ or, ‘What this person did put the U.S. government at risk.’
What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was a good chance for my clemency to be granted. I had to prepare myself for being released because there was no sign that my petition would be denied.
Everyone who has ever asked for asylum in Slovakia was granted asylum if that person met the conditions. There was never any discrimination based on religion.
The sweet companionship of eternal marriage is one of the greatest blessings God has granted to His children.
For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.
In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels.
Nick Cardy’s work helped define some of the things we see in comics today and take for granted. He broke out of the mold in terms of covers and layout and created a truly interactive experience for the reader that directly points back to his time with the Eisner studio.
Indeed, the highest honors are those granted by organizations who understand the necessity of providing our nation’s children with access to technology in an environment which fosters the type of learning that will lead us into the next century.
In football you should never take anything for granted.
My parents and I entered the U.S. legally, but when it was time for our visa extension, we were turned down. Returning to China meant imprisonment for my father and persecution for my family. We were days from being forced to live here illegally when we were granted political asylum. Other families are not so lucky.
I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted.
There’s stuff I look back at now and I’m like, Oh, my God, the dresses that were being sent to me, and I’m front row, and the designers I knew, and going to these glam parties – these are things I took for granted.
Whatever God has given me, I feel blessed but I don’t take it for granted.
We should value what we have and not take it for granted.
You don’t want to get complacent and just accept things – just because we’ve had those moments and we have come so far, you don’t want to ever take that for granted, because the moment you do, it can all go away.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was fortunate: He didn’t take office until nearly four years after the Wall Street crash, by which time the Republicans’ responsibility for the Depression was taken for granted.
One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.
I’m happy for all the small things a man never gets around to putting his finger on – the things we take for granted.
For as long as anyone can remember, reliable, cheap electricity has been taken for granted in the United States.
I don’t want to bring them up as spoilt, pampered kids. We don’t want them to take our status for granted. They will have their own struggles.
We must never take the public’s trust for granted – our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.
I think the success that I have is due to hard work and destiny. It is important to stay grounded and not take things for granted.
Not everyone is granted the opportunity that each of us deserves: to fulfill our God-given potential.
Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools – that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class backgrounds provides them with the opportunities their middle class counterparts take for granted.
I do not take winning things for granted.
It’s something that’s almost taken for granted in sitcoms about white families. Like, ‘Oh, we’re going on a summer vacation!’ As if that’s something that everybody does.
You cannot take things for granted.
I feel a different person in a lot of ways. I feel much more professional and dedicated to my trade than I used to be. I appreciate this ability I’ve got – and don’t take it for granted any more. That fits every aspect of my life now.
At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.
I don’t take any day for granted, I work hard, I’m motivated.
