Raises Quotes
1587 quotes by 1234 authors
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The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
— George W. Bush
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I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us…
— Jenna Bush
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I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but…
— Nicolas Cage
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The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at…
— Nicolas Cage
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If four years of university can increase your effectiveness of what you can do for others in the name of Christ, it is the best…
— Tony Campolo
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Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's…
— Thomas Carper
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I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So…
— Dick Cheney
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I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for…
— Amy Chua
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When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.
— Leonard Cohen
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Once you leave the womb, conservatives don't care about you until you reach military age. Then you're just what they're looking for. Conservatives want live…
— George Carlin
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I finally understand / for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man / You always was committed / A poor single mother…
— Tupac Shakur
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How can you raise the level of consciousness on this? How can you get the federal government to take the responsibility? Florida does not have…
— Lawton Chiles
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Legal immigrants play by the rules and come in under the law. They work, raise their families, pay taxes, and serve in the Armed Forces.…
— Edward Kennedy
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When I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities, I also see the enormous potential and readiness for transformation and rebirth. We are creating…
— Lily Yeh
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We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people and to raise…
— Federica Montseny
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I was so small, I wasn't even going to go back out for my junior year. But my mom and dad sat me down and…
— Mark Buehrle
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Much certainly of the happiness and purity of our lives depends on our making a wise choice of our companions and friends. If our friends…
— Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury
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No research will answer all queries that the future may raise. It is wiser to praise the work for what it has accomplished and then…
— Theobald Smith
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Many people have said to me, "What a pity you had such a big family to raise." "Think of the novels and the short stories…
— Unknown Author
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