"We need to have a purpose in this……" — James McGreevey
"We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing."
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James McGreevey
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38 Quotes by James McGreevey
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I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters…
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More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes,…
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My truth is that I am a gay American,
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At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high…
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I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.
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I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.
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Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.
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For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved…
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I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.
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I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all…
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I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.
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No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to…
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More Begging Quotes
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not…
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When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to…
— Mortimer Adler
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I don't like begging money from producers.
— David Byrne
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number…
— Ronald Reagan
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We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the…
— Richard Branson
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God, if ever I have come close to wanting to commit suicide, it is now, with the groggy sleepless blood…
— Sylvia Plath
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Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have…
— John G. Lake
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As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg
— Oscar Wilde
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...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not…
— Cesar Chavez
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Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.
— Martin Luther
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I used to think marriage was a plate-glass window just begging for a brick.
— Jeanette Winterson
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