Celebrate Quotes - Page 26

• I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Winning, Tennis

  Interview with Victoria Coren, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 25, 2012.

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• If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Land, Water

  "You Can’t Be a Meat-Eating Environmentalist". The Huffington Post Article, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 22, 2010.

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• I worry sometimes that I'm a bit moralistic; always writing about men who are learning to grow up, not be so self-absorbed, selfish or badly behaved. I wonder if that's dull and liberal and wimpy? I should probably write something that celebrates wickedness.

  David Nicholls

  Growing Up, Selfish, Writing

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• Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.

  Henri Nouwen

  Heart, Joy, Humanity

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.

  Rick Perry

  Needs, Apologizing, Celebrate Life

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• It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.

  Lucy Powell

  Nhs, Government, Political

  "Labour created the NHS and has safeguarded its future" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.

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• To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate.

  Dennis Prager

  Growing Up, Parent, Age

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• Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host's grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Grace, India, Cinema

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• Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.

  Kid Rock

  Baseball, Teacher, Smart

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• I stopped going to Kingdom Hall, the church, when I was 11 years old, so I was very young. They don't celebrate birthdays, you get no Christmas, so it's a very difficult religion for children to get into. And they do a lot of finger-pointing among the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Ja Rule

  Children, Years, Church

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.

  Francoise Sagan

  Song, Laughter, Wine

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• I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people.

  Howard Schultz

  Hero, Thinking, People

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• I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.

  Jon Scieszka

  Earthquakes, Two, Lunch

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• What I know now is that we're all interconnected and that's a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons. You can't judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere.

  Jane Seymour

  Beautiful, Journey, People

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• In the old days, when a star left a still-thriving hit show, they'd celebrate by killing him or her off. But 'The Office' dispatched Michael Scott in a crueler and more final way: they made him normal. Since we're talking about Michael Scott, 'normal' might be stretching it, obviously.

  Rob Sheffield

  Stars, Talking, Office

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• I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

  Simon Sinek

  Leader, Inspire, Trying

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• Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Trends, Influence, Chorus

  "Put a Face on It" by Anna Deavere Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.

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• We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Hard Work, People, Serious

  "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith" by Patrick Wintour and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2011.

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• I think KISS has always been about celebrating self-empowerment. Celebrating the idea that anything is possible with determination and hard work.

  Paul Stanley

  Determination, Hard Work, Kissing

  "Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: 'I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor'". Interview with Linda Leseman, www.laweekly.com. October 03, 2011.

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• We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Encouraging, Beautiful, Storm

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• Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Giving Up, Pain, Don't Give Up

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• When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

  Gloria Stuart

  Happy Birthday, Nice, 4th Of July

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• I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.

  Tinie Tempah

  Writing, School, Remember

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• What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.

  Josh Turner

  Home, Squares, Feet

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• I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Dad, Culture, Littles

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