Adoption Quotes - Page 2

• Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today.

  Bruce Willis

  Children, Fall, Hero

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• There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.

  John Edwards

  Couple, Gay, Immigration

  "Dem debaters target Bush", www.cnn.com. January 23, 2004.

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• With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.

  Jenny Shipley

  Community, Messages, Violence

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• Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Fighting, Birth Parents, Adopted

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• However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.

  Valerie Harper

  Inspirational, Motherhood, Miracle

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• Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

  Country, Diversity, Historical

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• I speak about family and adoption because it 100% changed my life and who I am. It definitely played a very large role into just learning how to be grateful for what you have and being fulfilled in a way that a lot of adopted kids don't feel.

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  Grateful, Kids, Who I Am

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• We know that Google Earth and Google Maps have had a tremendous impact on Google traffic, users, brand, adoption, and advertisers. We also know Google News, for example, which we don't monetize, has had a tremendous impact on searches and on query quality. We know those people search more. Because we've measured it.

  Eric Schmidt

  Impact, People, Google

  "Text of wired's interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt". Interview with Wired, www.wired.com. April 9, 2007.

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• The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.

  Herbert Croly

  Political, Opponents, Constitution

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.47, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To give them what I never had heals me. Some days I look at them and almost start to cry. I think, How can I love them more than I did the day before? But it keeps growing.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Thinking, Giving, Looks

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• What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I've written some other books that I really would like people to notice. There's The Man Who Folded Himself, there's The Martian Child, which is about my son and the adoption. There's The War Against The Chtorr, which is my magnum opus, my great epic story.

  David Gerrold

  Children, War, Book

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

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• While it costs us a lot to adopt children, it cost God the blood of His own Son.

  Ricky Morton

  Children, Son, Blood

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• Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

  Isaac Asimov

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

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• I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans. I do not know my background, my lineage, my biological or cultural heritage. But when I meet someone new, I treat them with respect.... For after all, they could be my people.

  James A. Michener

  People, Heritage, Lineage

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• I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else.

  Joan Didion

  Problem, Abandoned, Solve

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

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• Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Inspirational, Mom, Mother

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.183, Simon and Schuster

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• I have so much of you in my heart.

  John Keats

  Love, Romantic, Heart

  John Keats (2009). “Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition”, p.313, Harvard University Press

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• I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life.

  Jack Nicholson

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Views

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

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• Families don't have to match. You don't have to look like someone else to love them.

  Leigh Anne Tuohy

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "'Blind Side' Story's Real-Life Happy Ending: Super Bowl Victory". abcnews.go.com. February 4, 2013.

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• We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.

  Patti Stanger

  Mystery, Theory, Heard

  "'Millionaire Matchmaker' Patti Stanger opens up about abortion regrets, her desire to adopt" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. June 28, 2012.

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• In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is.

  Allen West

  Real, Agency, Volunteer

  "CPAC Highlights: Rubio and West". "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with Rush Limbaugh, origin-www.rushlimbaugh.com. March 14, 2013.

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• Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

  Fred Wilson

  Clever, Games, Hook

  "Fred Wilson: Marketing". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2011.

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• On gay adoption I have changed my mind.

  Theresa May

  Gay, Mind, Changed

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

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• The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exlusions, and incapacitations are removed.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Rights, Rebel, Should

  Thomas Jefferson, Martin Alfred Larson (1981). “Jefferson, magnificent populist”, Devin-Adair Pub

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• I've started the adoption process... I really want to be a mommy.

  Holly Madison

  Want, Process

  "Holly Madison Reveals: I'm Adopting!". In Touch Weekly, www.intouchweekly.com. July 20, 2015.

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