Approved Quotes - Page 4

• Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Government, Gmos, United States

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• Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.

  Margaret Drabble

  Family, Choices, Female

  "The Limits of Mother Love". The New York Times Book Review, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.

  Colin Firth

  Want, Stuff, Next

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• A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person.

  Pope Francis

  Inspirational, Gay, Doe

  "A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis". Interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., www.americamagazine.org. September 30, 2013.

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• In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus an additional $1 billion increase for veterans' health care.

  Doc Hastings

  Years, House, Care

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• All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Comedy, Jokes

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• Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

  Richard Hooker

  Richard Hooker (1830). “The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker”, p.492

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• Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.

  Jane D. Hull

  Ozone, Agency, Dust

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• I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.

  Peter King

  Usa, President, Levels

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• When bureaucrats talk about increasing our 'access' to x, y or z, what they're really talking about is increasing exponentially their control over our lives. As it is with the government health care takeover, so it is with the newly approved government plan to 'increase' Internet 'access.'

  Michelle Malkin

  Government, Talking, Internet Access

  "Internet Access Is Not a 'Civil Right'" by Michelle Malkin, www.newsbusters.org. December 22, 2010.

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• I'm proud to report that in 2004 alone, we approved 3,600 new units of housing - our best year ever!

  Thomas Menino

  Years, Best Year, Proud

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• This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S.

  Mario Monti

  Years, Two, Gone

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• Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

  Blaise Pascal

  Majority, Mediocrity, Way

  "Thoughts of Blaise Pascal".

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• I felt betrayed and absolutely livid, but my body wasn’t smart enough to know it. It had liked the feel of his hands, wanted more of it, wanted it now. It was almost like there were two of me, one who heartily approved of the mage and one who would have dearly loved to see him dead.

  Karen Chance

  Smart, Two Of Me, Hands

  Karen Chance (2011). “Cassie Palmer Novels 1-5”, p.1007, Penguin

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• He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say.

  John Irving

  Self, Nurse, Abortion

  "The Cider House Rules". Book by John Irving, 1985.

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• Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.

  Arianna Huffington

  Speaks Out, Opposites, Goal

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• Thank Artemis, it is you! That little scar on your lip--you tried to eat a stapler when you were two!" ... Hedge nodded like he approved of Jason's taste. "Staplers--excellent source of iron.

  Rick Riordan

  Two, Iron, Jason

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• And the way he looked at her was so intense, his big green eyes probing into her, like he approved of everything she held inside.

  Lauren Kate

  Eye, Green, Way

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.183, Delacorte Press

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• I think Martin Luther King would always keep track of collective insurgencies among poor and working people. He was concerned about the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union, for example. He would have closely followed the Arab Spring. And certainly he would be very critical of the massive surveillance state that has emerged in America in the last five to 10 years. He would have approved of the movements trying to gain some accountability in U.S. foreign policy, such as drones being (used) on innocent people. I think he would march against drones.

  Cornel West

  Kings, Spring, Thinking

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• I'm so beautifully represented, so honored the Senate approved Rex Tillerson . He's going to be fantastic.

  Donald Trump

  Fantastic, Senate, Honored

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?

  Erich Fromm

  People, Protected

  Erich Fromm (2014). “The Essential Fromm: Life Between Having and Being”, p.22, Open Road Media

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• If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Happiness, Time

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• [Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being bitten by dogs and the fire hoses, and I say, say go on and not defend yourself. I think this kind of response grew out of the build up, all of the talk about my being a sort of polished Uncle Tom.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dog, Uncles, Men

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• My idea of what was going on in politics was driven by activism. I came out when I was 17, and right away I started working in the AIDS activist movement. For me, politics was about getting drugs approved and getting prisoners access to the same kind of drugs that you could get on the outside. It was about getting needle exchanges approved. That was politics. These were policy problems that were killing people, and we were trying to get them changed.

  Rachel Maddow

  Ideas, People, Drug

  Interview with Grace Dunham, www.yahoo.com. April 21, 2016.

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• Senator Dan Coates, one of the most respected members to have in the Senate, he can't get approved. How do you not approve him? He's been a colleague, highly respected, brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it. We're waiting for approval.

  Donald Trump

  Guy, Waiting, Approval

  Source: www.esquire.com

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