Our neighbors' generosity eased our way: gregarious Bertrand, a former stonemason who reads Socrates and plays jazz piano, and his warm, lovely wife, Mathilda.
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What few realize, though, is that trends in government are undermining our seasonal generosity.
Thanks to the imaginative and innovative design Thomas Leeser has given us, and thanks to the generosity of our donors-chief among them the City of New York-we are able as never before to illuminate screen culture in all its variety, as both art and industry, for New Yorkers of every age and for our visitors from around the globe.
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These values, part of being an American, are values that we also have an opportunity to convey to our children -- and our demonstration of the goodness and generosity in others, especially in a time of crisis.
That generosity of spirit is in our national DNA. It's our way of doing things.
And we say a special thanks for the sacrifices those men and women in uniform are making for our safety and freedom, and for all those Americans who enrich the lives of our communities through acts of kindness, generosity and service.
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"This is about our collective history, a story which demonstrates the generosity of spirit shown by people in this area, something which can still be found in Stoke-on-Trent today, " Ms Nadin said.
We need to be out in our communities helping neighbors, mentoring children and demonstrating that generosity, compassion and human potential are immensely more powerful than a thousand government programs.
And from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for all of the kindness and generosity that you have shown my family for our visit here.
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Thanks to the generosity of the British and American people, our nations led a significant humanitarian response that helped save hundreds of thousands of lives in Somalia alone, and reached millions of people across the region with food, health care, and water and sanitation services.
"Over the years he has given so much philanthropically to so many good causes, now he has to bring that spirit of generosity to his greatest challenge, helping rebuild and recover our city, " Green said.
Early June will see the publication of Nicholas Carr's The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, and Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.
Yet even as we bring our resources to bear on this emergency, we need to summon the tremendous generosity and compassion of the American people.
"As a wider consultation on the proposals begins, my prayer is that everyone in our society will reflect on what has been agreed today with a spirit of generosity and concern for the good of the whole community, " he said.
Our past, relatively good record for fiscal integrity has let us break this rule, but the generosity accorded us is likely to intensify, rather than relieve, the eventual pressure on us to inflate.
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"If this election is to take the political pulse of our nation, then I want every beat and every vote to show a nation that looks with hope and generosity and courage to the future, not with regret or hurt, and bitterness of the past, " he said in the final hours of the race.
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