Raises Quotes

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When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was… — Grace Jones
After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me,… — Shirley Jones
The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any… — Tommy Lee Jones
One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam. — Akhmad Kadyrov
I'm trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it's not just them at war - it's… — Chris Kyle
Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is,… — Anne Lamott
I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or… — Anne Lamott
I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School. — Dylan Lauren
My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the second-fastest charity to… — Denis Leary
If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument. — George Henry Lewes
We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in… — Carl Lewis
Everybody in life is pursuing money: left, right, charity, nonprofits, everybody's pursuing money. Everybody wants a raise. Everybody wants to improve their standard of living.… — Rush Limbaugh
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires. — Loretta Lynn
I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about… — Holly Madison
The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. — Norman Mailer
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the… — Og Mandino
An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child. — Joni Mitchell
My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.' — Roger Moore
Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important. — Viggo Mortensen
All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. — Nas
I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly… — Liam Neeson
Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals… — Ingrid Newkirk
To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and… — John Henry Newman
Art raises its head where creeds relax. — Friedrich Nietzsche
There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing… — Richard M. Nixon

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