Welcome Quotes - Page 17

• The teabaggers - do I know every single one of them? No. Can I see that there's a lot of racist bullshit going on? Absolutely. Would it have been welcome to see more of these "anti-government" types around after the stolen election? It would have been good to see it. I wouldn't have liked to see them with their immigrant-bashing and their stupid signs.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Stupid, Bullshit, Racist

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• Men tend to dominate whatever public discourse they participate in, and another big part of feminism is to let women have their say. Men's voices can be welcome at the table, but there is a time and a place, and maybe it's now, for men to make a little less noise, make their needs less known, and listen to the needs of others.

  John Darnielle

  Men, Feminism

  "What’s Got John Darnielle’s Goat?". Interview With Emma Silvers, www.motherjones.com. March 25, 2011.

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• Just because you choose, AG Sessions and Trump, to, whole cloth, say that immigrants don't belong here and you are racist and you want to implement those policies, doesn't mean that New York as a city is going to enforce those policies. We have a different approach. And we believe that we are a welcoming city, and we support those who want to help us build this city.

  Melissa Mark-Viverito

  Believe, Mean, Support

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• To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.

  Christina Aguilera

  Dream, Artist, Opportunity

  "Christina Aguilera Heads To NBC; Joins Cee Lo Green & Adam Levine As Coach On 'The Voice'", www.accessonline.com. March 2, 2011.

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• Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Death, Philosophical, Dying

  Marcus Aurelius (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)”, p.94, Delphi Classics

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• All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.

  Gary Bauer

  Children, Giving, Judging

  "Republicans Spar Over Campaign Finance Reform in Debate". www.democracynow.org. January 7, 2000.

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• Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

  Beck

  Party, Wonder, Should

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• The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Greatness, Vanity, Needs

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• If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

  Hal Borland

  Strength, Patience, Tree

  Hal Borland (2014). “Beyond Your Doorstep: A Handbook to the Country”, p.77, Open Road Media

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• We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

  Jeb Bush

  Florida, Government, Organization

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• The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

  Lord Byron

  Life, Friendship, Dog

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.390, Delphi Classics

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• During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.

  Michael N. Castle

  School, College, African American

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• Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Advice, Balance, Needs

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• I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Book, Kids, Community

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• It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's America's genre.

  Robert Duvall

  America, People, Different

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• Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Children, Dad, Way

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

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• As a whole, investors should welcome attempts to safeguard the integrity of markets. You need very clear rules applied to markets.

  Mohamed El-Erian

  Integrity, Needs, Should

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• My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

  Elizabeth I

  Hate, Wish, Demise

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.248, University of Chicago Press

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• For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

  Julian Fellowes

  Directors, Members, Taliban

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• I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom’s only instruction was ‘You just go in and pull the big Republican lever.’ That’s my welcome to adulthood. She’s like, ‘No, don’t even read it. Just pull the Republican lever.

  Tina Fey

  Mom, Levers, Vote

  "What Tina Wants". Interview with Maureen Dowd, www.vanityfair.com. January 2009.

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• There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.

  Richard Le Gallienne

  Jealousy, Mean, Thinking

  Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

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• A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

  Seth Godin

  Bullying, Games, Play

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• Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Beauty, Guests, Cheerfulness

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2000). “Selected Works: Including The Sorrows of Young Werther, Elective Affinities, Italian Journey, Faust”, Everyman's Library

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• Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

  Che Guevara

  Hands, Umpires, Political

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• The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

  Samuel Johnson

  Advice, Wanted

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