Joining Quotes

• To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.

  Honore de Balzac

  Laughter, Joining In, Effects

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• I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Inspiration, Humor

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• Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.

  Hannah Storm

  Thank You, Morning, States

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• There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with the existential decision before God, according to the Bible.

  Paul Ricoeur

  Philosophy, Decision, Path

  Paul Ricoeur (2005). “The EPZ Conflict of Interpretations”, p.396, A&C Black

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• I have been thinking about joining the Peace Corps. That is something that I would absolutely love to do. I think that would be an incredible experience, so that's an avenue that I might want to look at.

  Lindsey Shaw

  Love, Peace, Thinking

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• I'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Team, Anchors, Issues

  "Christiane Amanpour Named 'This Week' Anchor" by Nitya Venkataraman, abcnews.go.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.

  Jacques Chirac

  Europe, Way, Chance

  "Chirac Lashes Out at 'New Europe'". edition.cnn.com. February 18, 2003.

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• I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.

  Nathan Lane

  Parades, Born, Homosexual

  "Bring on the clown" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2004.

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• Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Air Force, which was a pretty standard way for people to get some kind of musical education in those days.

  Evan Parker

  Air, People, Musical

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• I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

  James Callaghan

  Brother, Band, Britain

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• Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

  John Mica

  Reform, Economic, Permit

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• I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Government, Cities, Academic

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• France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

  Francois Mitterrand

  Opportunity, History, Rehabilitation

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• Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain.

  John Bradshaw

  Love, Soulmate, Pain

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• The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.

  Archimedes

  Lying, Opposites, Lines

  Archimedes, Sir Thomas Little Heath (2002). “The Works of Archimedes”, p.194, Courier Corporation

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• And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.

  Bobby Scott

  Girl, Jobs, Home

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• So when they have Mourinho and Benitez joining the Premiership they should say it's good for us, maybe these guys have something new to give.

  Jose Mourinho

  Giving, Guy, Something New

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• It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I was talented. She was the one who pushed me into joining a choir all those years ago, when I was about 12. I remember she told me to start with the choir and just see where it took me.

  Susan Boyle

  Voice, Years, Singing

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• It's more fun to watch without joining in.

  Lionel Blue

  Fun, Joining In, Watches

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• I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.

  Wayne Rooney

  Inspirational, Fields, United

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• I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.

  Kenny G

  Fusion, Gigs, Touring

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

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• We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

  Barack Obama

  Class, Mind, Special

  "Obama Tells Republicans to 'Sit in Back'". Speech, www.foxnews.com. October 25, 2010.

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• The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

  Steve Buyer

  Gratitude, Veterans Day, War

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• But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA.

  Michael D. Barnes

  Gun, United States, Magazines

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• I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.

  James Brown

  Play, African American, Stuff

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