Raises Quotes
1587 quotes by 1265 authors
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this…
— Teresa of Avila
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I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no…
— Ellen Barkin
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I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't do something, if…
— Ellen Barkin
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I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
— Charles Barkley
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Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children…
— Evan Bayh
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and…
— Joseph Addison
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
— Joseph Addison
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help…
— Martha Beck
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Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion…
— Joe Biden
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I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
— Theodore Bikel
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If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a difference. You can raise awareness just of…
— Emily Blunt
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Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.
— John Boehner
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I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way.…
— Susan Boyle
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I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like…
— Eric Braeden
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My sun sets to raise again.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good,…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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I feel privileged to be a U.N. ambassador. It gives me an opportunity to use my voice to help raise awareness about important social and…
— Gisele Bundchen
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting,…
— Madeleine Albright
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I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
— George W. Bush
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