Welcome Quotes - Page 18

• Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part of my heart. He's going to broadcasting college now, and he'll do fine. But he came into a world that did not welcome him.

  Lynn Johnston

  Heart, College, World

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. May 16, 2012.

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• Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.

  James Earl Jones

  Up North, White, People

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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• I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out.

  Paul Keating

  Country, Thinking, Australia

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

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• I feel like life is really short, and it's important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever comes your way, whether it's a challenging day or a great day, just welcome it with open arms. No matter who you are, you can't escape challenges; they are part of life.

  Miranda Kerr

  Challenges, Great Day, Important

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• I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.

  Jack Kingston

  Thinking, Ideas, Important

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• I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the French film community was very welcoming to me when I was a young actress.

  Diane Kruger

  Drama, School, Community

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• We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO.

  Aleksander Kwasniewski

  Russia, Cooperation, Nato

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• People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting center-fielder for the Boston Red Sox, for chrissakes!

  Denis Leary

  Boston, People, Clubs

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• I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'

  Joe Manchin

  Virginia, Goal, Campaigns

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• The bluegrass community... can be very strict. I didn't know if I'd be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I think they judge you very fairly... I felt really welcome.

  Steve Martin

  Thinking, Judging, Community

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• The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

  James McAvoy

  Hurt, Men, Funny Things

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• The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

  Robert Mugabe

  Country, Taken, Equality

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

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• I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.

  Paul Muldoon

  Doors, Reason, Accusation

  Interview to Thumbscrew Magazine, www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. Spring, 1996.

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• Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.

  Henri Nouwen

  Heart, Joy, Humanity

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.

  Carroll O'Connor

  Brother, Business, Physicians

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• The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Males, Female, Kind

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• Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

  Joel Osteen

  Gay, Church, Republican

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• To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House.

  Sarah Palin

  Daughter, Mother, Country

  Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.

  Andy Partridge

  Feet, People, Wipe

  "Song: "Snowman" ("English Settlement")". February 12, 1982.

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• My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.

  Shimon Peres

  Struggle, Heart, Sacrifice

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• In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

  Rick Perry

  Responsibility, Government, Sight

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• No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

  Plautus

  Friendship, Travel, House

  "Miles Gloriosus". Play by Titus Maccius Plautus, Act III, scene 1, line 146,

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• I welcome the President and working with him to try to get some of that medical malpractice reform so we can get the cost of health care to come down.

  Ben Quayle

  Trying, President, Reform

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• Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

  Dan Quayle

  Silly, Stupidity, President

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• When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Two, Trying, World

  "Dan the man". Interview with Craig McLean, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2009.

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