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• I invite you to read again the full accounts of this inspired vision. Study them, ponder them, and apply them to your daily life. In modern terms we might say we are invited to "get a grip." We must hold on tight to the iron rod and never let go.

  Ann M. Dibb

  Letting Go, Iron, Vision

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• I wasn't getting invited to any board meetings. I had to kick the door down.

  Don King

  Doors, Boxing, Boards

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• The road to success, for me, was a long and arduous journey, strewn with obstacles and traps, pitfalls and hurdles-all created by myself. Painful as it is, I speak of those sad and frustrating times whenever I am invited to address sales gatherings, corporate conventions, and success rallies, in the hope that my personal experiences will serve as sufficient evidence for all who hear me that they have it in their own power to make their lives as glorious or as terrible as they choose.

  Og Mandino

  Success, Journey, Long

  Og Mandino (1991). “Og Mandino”, Outlet

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• A library is a feast to which we are all invited.

  Katherine Paterson

  Library

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• Your government has problems...my government has problems. I can't be a judge. All I can do is be an ambassador of love. I'm a musician, not a soldier, and if I'm invited to a place in order to play and bring love, I'll always accept the invitation.

  Meshell Ndegeocello

  Government, Israel, Order

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• I don't have to support Bibi, his government or any other conservative organization in order to come and play music in Israel, for people who want to come and listen to music. I think it's b******t to ask me to boycott Israel and not America. It's interesting that some people choose to pick on Israel and isolate her... I was invited to perform and that's why I'll perform, as long as the border is open and I'm welcomed. I'm just coming to play.

  Anton Newcombe

  Thinking, Government, Israel

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• I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.

  Tracey Ullman

  Scene, Expected, Involved

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• I'm just not comfortable with that society stuff. I mean, we were just invited to the White House, but my husband won't take me because he knows I don't want to go.

  Pia Zadora

  Mean Girls, Husband, White

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• At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to be sick.

  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

  Voice, Sick, Four

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• Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back.

  Yochai Benkler

  Dinner With Friends, Increase, Checks

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• It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious

  Esther Williams

  Water, Audience, Delicious

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• But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period.

  Ezra Koenig

  Funeral, Enemy, Periods

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• Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.

  Roland Joffe

  Tribes

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• It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

  Roger Milla

  Events, Projects, Changed

  Interview with Paul Doyle, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2006.

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• I meet with virtually everybody that comes down to Olympia, that Facebook messages me or emails me or calls me on the telephone. And, in particular, last year I was very proud to go speak before a group that I was invited to by a lesbian anarchist, I mean, my goodness gracious! I can listen and work with anybody.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Mean, Years

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• In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.

  Gary Wright

  Journey, India, Accompany

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• Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

  Martin Lel

  New York, Thinking, Race

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• Love is as simple as the absence of self- given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.

  Criss Jami

  Unrequited Love, Simple, Love Is

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.83, Criss Jami

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• The world invited me many places.

  Leon Wieseltier

  World

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• I'm from Florida, so any time I get invited to come to Florida and play a show, I'm definitely always up for that.

  Jake Owen

  Florida, Play, Shows

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• I was invited back to the White House. I'm excited about that visit as well.

  MC Lyte

  White, House, Excited

  Source: uproxx.com

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• Actually, I invited many Commonwealth leaders to come to Malaysia. They did not accept my invitation. By that, I mean, they didn't say they didn't accept, but they just didn't come here.

  Mahathir Mohamad

  Mean, Leader, Accepting

  "Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

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• I wanted to make a massive work so as soon as Nick Mitzevich invited me I said yes straight away and began to make the work. The island was made in direct response. I used the diagnostic tool of Rorschach blots - something designed to extract and evaluate the dark and unconscious elements of our personality.

  Ben Quilty

  Dark, Islands, Personality

  Source: www.lucyreesart.com

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• It feels like you're being invited into a kind of community [working with the Coen brothers].

  Alden Ehrenreich

  Brother, Community, Kind

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I didn't know what to expect, but [Alexander] Wang is a great guy. He's always invited me front row to shows, and I performed at a few of his after-parties.

  Tyga

  Party, Guy, Shows

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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