Michelle Obama

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted - folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

American First Lady

Coco Chanel

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

French Designer

Martin Luther

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

German Leader

Tyler, The Creator

Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.

American Rapper

Joey Jordison

Every day, I look at life different; I don't take things for granted.

American Musician

Gareth Thomas

I don't take any day for granted, I work hard, I'm motivated.

Welsh Athlete

Amelia Earhart

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

American Aviator

Robert Kubica

There is nothing for granted in life. That's how it is.

Polish Driver

Horace

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Roman Poet

Jennifer Lopez

Used when responding to requests, often formally or in official contexts.

Request Response

Can imply that the person granting has authority or power over the recipient.

Power Dynamics

Refers to monetary help provided for specific purposes, often for education or research.

Financial Support

Grants usually require an application and are competitive.

Application Process

Shows recognition of a fact or situation, often reluctantly or as an admission.

Acknowledgement

Used to concede a point in an argument while maintaining your position.

Partial Agreement

Used in legal contexts to describe the formal giving of rights or property.

Legal Procedure

Describes a ceremonial awarding of titles or honors, often by high-ranking individuals.

Formal Honor

May evoke historical or traditional formalities in acts of conferment.

Historic Ceremonial

 For most of us, the experience of being a person is so familiar, so unified and so continuous that it's difficult not to take it for granted. But we shouldn't take it for granted. There are in fact many different ways we experience being a self. There's the experience of having a body and of being a body. There are experiences of perceiving the world

Your brain hallucinates...

 But our minds are still hypnotized by them, and we have to disenthrall ourselves of some of them. Now, doing this is easier said than done. It's very hard to know, by the way, what it is you take for granted. And the reason is that you take it for granted. Let me ask you something you may take for granted.

Bring on the learning...

 at levels that are equivalent to some other physical processes that are associated with winds and tides. But before I finish, I want to leave you all with a question because I think it's important to keep in mind that technologies today that we take for granted started somewhere.

The surprising (and...

 to grant him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded, and anti-Jewish laws were passed. Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed, along with potential rivals,

How did Hitler rise to...

 the world might end but I do think this notion of the apocalypse and the loss of all that we take for granted today is a great thought experiment the ultimate what-if question as a scientist I wanted to hold up a mirror to our modern

How to rebuild the world...

 Here's my advice to my brown friends. The next time you're on an airplane in the US, just speak your mother tongue. That way no one knows what you're saying. Life goes on. Granted, some mother tongues might sound a little threatening

A Saudi, an Indian and...

 let's get out of there see it's easy to take it for granted when you're here but actually it's it's a really wondrous thing to see new life to come into the world there's something really special about that really special

Mesmerising Owl Moments...

 Many generations have felt they've reached the pinnacle of technological advancement, yet look back 100 years, and the technologies we take for granted today would seem like impossible magic. So will there be a point

Is there a limit to...

 Statues were built, temples were dedicated, and a whole month was renamed, still called July today. More importantly, the title of dictator, meant to grant temporary emergency powers in wartime,

The great conspiracy...

 People in developed countries often take it for granted that they can eat whatever delicacy they want from anywhere in the world. But there are some who fear that this globalization of food