Invitations Quotes - Page 6

• The most difficult part of dating is the initial invitation.

  Janell Carroll

  Dating, Difficult, Initials

  Janell Carroll (2006). “Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity”, p.296, Cengage Learning

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• Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a boy (cf. 2 Tim 3:15). This invitation is directed to each of us, that none of us grow lazy in the faith. It is the lifelong companion that makes it possible to perceive, ever anew, the marvels that God works for us.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Boys, Cfs, Catholic

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• Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.

  Bob Goff

  White, People, House

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.80, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.

  Jules Renard

  Men, Giving, Dinner

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• The secret gem of truth has been hidden in the core of your own heart all along. My invitation is to stop all movement of your mind away from truth so that you can discover directly, for yourself, this jewel that is alive within you.

  Gangaji

  Heart, Jewels, Secret

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• I have just accepted the invitation of Her Majesty The Queen to form a Government. This will be a new Government with new priorities and I have been privileged to have been granted the great opportunity to serve my country and at all times I will be strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action in the service of what matters to the British people, meeting the concerns and aspirations of our whole country.

  Gordon Brown

  Country, Strong, Queens

  "Gordon Brown's First Speech as Prime Minister". www.telegraph.co.uk. June 27, 2007.

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• [I've gone to big stadium rock concerts at some artist's invitation], and eventually you find yourself in the room with the Radiant Being around whom all this is revolving. It's very bizarre, and it's quasi-religious, or possibly genuinely religious. Spooky. It's a spooky and interesting thing.

  William Gibson

  Religious, Artist, Rocks

  Source: craphound.com

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• Some of this story is completely true. And some of it isn't. Like truth, evil comes in all sorts of flavors. Some bitter. Some deceptively sweet. Sometimes it comes with a heavy price. While most people don't invite evil into their lives, the dirty little secret is that an invitation isn't necessary. Locked doors don't matter. Neither do fancy security systems. Evil is kind of amazing when you think about it. She knows how to get inside.

  Gregg Olsen

  Sweet, Dirty, Thinking

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• The honest answer is more complex. On some level I was sent. Or inspired. Or called. But my calling, such as it was, wasn't a single booming invitation from above (really, is it ever?).

  Chris Bohjalian

  Calling, Answers, Levels

  Chris Bohjalian (2010). “Secrets of Eden”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• You have your wonderful memories," people said later, as if memories were solace. Memories are not. Memories are by definition of times past, things gone. Memories are the Westlake uniforms in the closet, the faded and cracked photographs, the invitations to the weddings of the people who are no longer married, the mass cards from the funerals of the people whose faces you no longer remember. Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

  Joan Didion

  Memories, Past, People

  Joan Didion (2011). “Blue Nights”, p.64, Vintage

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• Fame is really great in a lot of ways, you know? People are a lot nicer to you. Like, the more famous you are, the more free presents you get. And invitations to really amazing things.

  Tama Janowitz

  People, Way, Fame

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Plans are invitation to disappointment.

  Derek Landy

  Disappointment, Plans

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• I think challenges are what any decent writer would be all about. If you actually do find your slide and grease it, shame on you. Me, I get bored very easily. As a writer I get bored even faster than I do in real life. I mean, I like fast cars; I've driven a lot of racecars. You need some stimulation. If I find something that seems too difficult to do, too difficult to research, or beyond your writing abilities, it's a perfect invitation to try it.

  Dan Simmons

  Real, Writing, Mean

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for power and esteem, coupled with its vulnerability to self-deception and self-righteousness, makes that an invitation to a calamity, all the worse when the power is directed at a goal as quixotic as eradicating human self-interest.

  Steven Pinker

  Mean, Self, Practice

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• Minus my relationship with Kennedy, I had no automatic invitation to Greek Parties or events, though Chaz and Erin could invite me to some stuff since I fell under the heading of acceptable things to bring to any party: alcohol and girls. Awesome. I'd gone from independent girlfriend to party paraphernalia.

  Tammara Webber

  Girl, Party, Independent

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• Rewriting isn't just about dialogue, it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene. All these final decisions are best made when you're there, watching. It's really enjoyable, but you've got to be there at the director's invitation. You can't just barge in and say, "I'm the writer."

  Tom Stoppard

  Order, Decision, Finals

  Source: deadline.com

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• The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation, and surrender.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Success, Tools, Cooperation

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• All things are possible through invitation and love.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Love, And Love, All Things

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• In the end, through simple illustrations I believed I had accomplished my purpose. A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups were proffered. The conversation went on and on, and when
  we were finally through it was too late to return to New York.

  Margaret Sanger

  New York, Simple, Illustration

  Margaret Sanger (2004). “The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger”, p.367, Courier Corporation

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• Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.

  Oscar Wilde

  People, Receiving, Annoying

  Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.16

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• While I was writing my book, I got a top police official in Bombay an invitation to study terrorism at the Rand Institute in Washington DC. This would have helped the city enormously, as he was the detective who cracked the '93 blasts case. But the commissioner declined to let his subordinate take up the offer from Rand, because of his fear that it was CIA-affiliated. That culture of suspicion needs to change; India needs to learn how other democracies fight terror.

  Suketu Mehta

  Book, Writing, Fighting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I've gone to big stadium rock concerts at some artist's invitation, and there's this invariable, fascinating and rather sad situation of concentric circles of availability. There are Green Rooms within Green Rooms literally within Green Rooms. There are seven or eight degrees of exclusivity, and within each circle of exclusivity, everyone is so happy to be there, and they don't know that the next level exists.

  William Gibson

  Artist, Eight, Rocks

  Source: craphound.com

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• Embrace the Savior's warm invitation to come unto Him, one by one, and be perfected in Him.

  Ronald A. Rasband

  Embrace, Savior, Warm

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• If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it.

  Carolyn Hax

  Thinking, Want, Chance

  "Carolyn Hax Live: Use the china (Nov. 20)". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 20, 2015.

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• Not all or even most suffering is at the hands of fate; it befalls us at our invitation.

  Dean Koontz

  Fate, Hands, Suffering

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Intensity: A Novel”, p.80, Bantam

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