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Famous quotes containing the word receive:

“Christianity was only a very strong and singularly well-timed Salvation Army movement that happened to receive help from an unusual and highly dramatic incident. It was a Puritan reaction in an age when, no doubt, a Puritan reaction was much wanted; but like all sudden violent reactions, it soon wanted reacting against.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“Even a poor man can receive honors.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“If you don’t understand it, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is because you are too decadent to receive it.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)