“I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.”
— Nolan Ryan
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“If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful.”
— Helen Hunt Jackson
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“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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“As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.”
— Barbara Lee
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“A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.”
— Michael Newdow
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“I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots.”
— Elayne Boosler
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“I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.”
— Elayne Boosler
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“I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.”
— Elizabeth I
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“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.”
— Charles Kuralt
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“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.”
— Dalai Lama
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