A Quote by Tamsin Greig
I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.
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God didn't give man wings; He gave him the brains and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up. I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death...is the true measure of the Divine within us.
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Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if that was Jesus?'
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I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.
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