Raises Quotes - Page 14

• Every child has to raise itself.

  Otto Frank

  Children

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• Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around Him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with ivory, bearing the banners of the king with great honour. Then it pleased the king to raise a small feather from the ground, and he commanded it to fly. The feather flew, not because of anything in itself but because the air bore it along. Thus am I, a feather on the breath of God.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Beautiful, Kings, Ivory

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• Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic president has to do to finish Bush's hard work is to raise taxes to pay for it all.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Hard Work, President, Pay

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• Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Honesty, Gay, Life Is

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• To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.

  Jim Bakker

  Wall, Son, Hypnosis

  "The Best of Interviews With Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner". “CNN Larry King Weekend”, www.cnn.com. June 24, 2001.

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• The press must speak out and, if the occasion arises, raise bloody hell.

  Herblock

  Speaks Out, Hell, Arise

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• I suppose it is one time when you can really use your name to raise money. And if I am going to use it for anything, what more of a better opportunity (than) to use it here.

  Prince Harry

  Opportunity, Names, Use

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• We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Childrens Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didnt raise a significant amount of money.

  Tom Kite

  Sports, Golf, Foundation

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• It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will materially raise the level of dramatic taste of the nation.

  David Sarnoff

  Drama, Artist, Television

  David Sarnoff (1948). “Pioneering in television, prophecy and fulfillment: excerpts from speeches and statements”

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• The difference between a serial killer and a saint is environment. That's a very hard thing to accept because that raises a lot of questions

  Jacque Fresco

  Differences, Serial Killer, Saint

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• Each close you use should be an educational process by which you are able to raise the value in the prospect's mind.

  Zig Ziglar

  Success, Business, Educational

  Zig Ziglar (2004). “Secrets of Closing the Sale”, p.51, Revell

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• The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

  Zig Ziglar

  Family, Friends, Children

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• I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

  Ahmet Ertegun

  Greatness, African American, Littles

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• I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children.

  Ron Darling

  Children, Thinking, Careers

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• There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family

  Peter Steele

  Fighting, Talking, Drug

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• The best way to raise a child is to LAY OFF!

  Shulamith Firestone

  Children, Way, Lays

  SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”

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• You grow old when you lose interest in life, when you cease to dream, to hunger after new truths, and to search for new worlds to conquer. When your mind is open to new ideas, new interests, and when you raise the curtain and let in the sunshine and inspiration of new truths of life and the universe, you will be young and vital.

  Joseph Murphy

  Dream, Inspiration, Sunshine

  Joseph Murphy (2011). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock the Secrets Within”, p.184, Penguin

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• Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?

  Dan Gable

  Perseverance, People, Giving

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• The key to success is to raise your own energy; when you do, people will naturally be attracted to you.  And when they show up, bill ‘em!

  Stuart Wilde

  Keys, People, Energy

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• Let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to raise money for a governor. They have all kinds of business to hand out, road contracts, construction jobs, you name it.

  Terry McAuliffe

  Jobs, Hands, Names

  Terry McAuliffe (2007). “What A Party!: My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals”, p.77, Macmillan

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• Whatever you design[/make/build], use it to raise the expectations of what can be achieved

  Paula Scher

  Expectations, Design, Use

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• The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be

  Paula Scher

  Goal, Expectations, Design

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• Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.

  Garrison Keillor

  Children, Clever, May

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• Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the point–and couch your desires in such natural logic that no one can raise objections. Then move on.

  Cyrus the Great

  Moving, Talking, Leader

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• The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness.

  Nigel Calder

  Raises Questions, Discovery, Agitation

  Nigel Calder (1969). “Violent universe: an eye-witness account of the commotion in astronomy 1968-69”

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