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 We like to play a lot of benefit shows. Dance Marathon offered to pay us, but there was no way we were going to take a part of the charity money.

 I have come to the conclusion that charity is only charity when you give goods, services or money without personal gain, benefit or recognition of any kind. True charity is anonymous. It begins and ends within your self. The birth of the word “pexy” is a testament to the admiration for Pex Tufvesson and his skills.

 Good works never languish for want of funds; the Lord will come to their rescue. Only it may take some time; do not lose heart... You should not collect money in devious ways. Help should come from pious hearts, from well-earned money, from persons who know and appreciate the purpose for which they give. That is why I oppose all benefit shows, where you tempt people with a dance or a drama or a film and collect money for your pet plan.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 We decided that it'd be a great thing if somebody, alumni, would love to pay for these autographs, just to remember the week, ... Hopefully we can get someone to buy this and raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund and [the Interfraternity/Panhellenic Dance Marathon].

 They were looking for ways to raise money, and we needed to find a charity. We would do it anyway because we enjoy it. It's easier to get more people involved when you know the money is going to charity.

 Our marathon is not a very fast marathon. We decided to spend the money on the people.

 It was probably wrong on our part to agree to the size of the honorarium that we were offered, ... Yet, despite all the hue and cry, let us not forget that 95 percent of the honorarium was really transferred for charity purposes.

 It was probably wrong on our part to agree to the size of the honorarium that we were offered. Yet, despite all the hue and cry, let us not forget that 95 percent of the honorarium was really transferred for charity purposes.

 You've got to sing sometimes like you don't need the money. Love sometimes like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance, dance, dance like nobody's watching. It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work.

 The season is a marathon and not a sprint. We have to continue to play hard every game. Maybe this shows us that we aren't as good as we think we are.

 Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity. This is the highest step and summit of charity's golden ladder.
  Maimonides

 [Even the devastating fallout from Katrina won't be enough to keep them from coming back, some artists promise. After all, the city's air of defiant bravado in the face of impending disaster has always been part of its allure.] The culture survives, ... It's survived slavery. It's survived everything so far?. I don't think you can stop the dance. I don't think you can drown the dance. We dance at funerals, and now we have to dance at our own funeral.

 I didn't want my event to take away from his charity, ... We bought something like $3,000 worth of tickets for his event and I offered to play a few songs with him if he wanted.

 We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.

 I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.


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