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• Seriously, just buy the [expletive deleted] book. I promise you'll like it. Unless you're [expletive deleted].

  Kelly Sue DeConnick

  Book, Promise, Expletives

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• And if we are to open employment opportunities in this country for members of all races and creeds, then the Federal Government must set an example. The President himself must set the key example. I am not going to promise a Cabinet post or any other post to any race or ethnic group. That is racism in reverse at its worst. So I do not promise to consider race or religion in my appointments if I am successful. I promise only that I will not consider them.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, Successful, Opportunity

  Campaign speech, Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, October 17, 1960.

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• Remember this-I'm going to bring a championship to Miami. I promise.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Winning, Promise

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• I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

  George Washington

  Sweet, Retirement, Freedom

  George Washington (1851). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.337

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• Progressive white teachers seem to say to their black students 'Let me help you find your voice. I promise not to criticize one note as you search for your song'. But the black teachers say 'I've heard your song loud and clear. Now I want to teach you to harmonize with the rest of the world.

  Lisa Delpit

  Song, Teacher, Teaching

  Lisa Delpit (2006). “Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, p.18, The New Press

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• I want to avoid personal attacks, ... I promise not to make fun of your singing.

  Dick Cheney

  Fun, Promise, Singing

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• Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.

  Ferdinand Marcos

  Years, Promise, President

  Election speech as candidate for Congress, 1949.

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• I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.

  Michael Phelps

  Sorry, Years, People

  "Phelps admits 'bad judgment' after marijuana-pipe photo". www.cnn.com. February 2, 2009.

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• I promise you the Lord will bless you in your efforts, for this is His work, and He will guide your prayerful efforts to bring the ordinances and covenants to your ancestors....you can make a powerful contribution. Begin now. I promise you that the Lord will help you find a way. And it will make you feel wonderful.

  Richard G. Scott

  Powerful, Effort, Promise

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• Without reservation I promise you that if each of you will observe this simple program, regardless of how many times you previously may have read the Book of Mormon, there will come into your lives and into your homes an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Home, Son

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• I am saying that out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever adjustment is necessary to give a little of your time-as little as two years-consecrating your strength, your means, your talents to the work of sharing with others the gospel, which is the source of so much of the good that you have. I promise that if you will do so, you will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Mean

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• What is hot now will not be hot tomorrow, I promise you. Trends are made to die. It's the truth.

  Ne-Yo

  Promise, Hot, Trends

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• Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Waiting, Bully, Promise

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• The journeythe journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself.

  Ray Lewis

  Journey, Promise, Care

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• My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.

  Ricardo Lagos

  Country, Jobs, Promise

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• I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

  Matthew Yglesias

  Eye, Promise, Atheism

  "Game of Thrones, Season 3" by Rachael Larimore, Matthew Yglesias, www.slate.com. May 13, 2013.

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• Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Dream, New York, Fighting

  Michael Bloomberg's State of the City Address, www.gothamgazette.com. January 8, 2004.

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• I was able to overcome this because of the fans who waited for me. I promise not to disappoint you anymore.

  Jay Park

  Promise, Able, Overcoming

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• I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens.

  Milos Zeman

  Popular Vote, Voice, Promise

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• Every ending is also a beginning. We'll meet again, I promise.

  Gillian Shields

  Promise

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• I am very glad there are quite a number of people born with a gift and a liking for all of this; like great chessplayers who play sixteen games at once blindfold and die quite soon of epilepsy. Serve them right! I hope the Mathematicians, however, are well rewarded. I promise never to blackleg their profession nor take the bread out of their mouths.

  Winston Churchill

  Epilepsy, Games, Play

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time.

  Ann Coulter

  Soccer, Community, Promise

  "Coulter: Any growing interest in soccer a sign of nation's moral decay" by Ann Coulter, www.clarionledger.com. June 25, 2014.

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• As regards the efficacy of the art and the theories of it, I promise and expect that in these volumes I shall undoubtedly show myself of very considerable importance not only to builders but also to all scholars.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Art, Promise, Volume

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 17,

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• Imagine if you would, what would happen to your sorrows and fears if God Himself, the maker of heaven and earth, the Father of our Lord, the sovereign One, were to come to you, wrap you in His almighty arms and say to you, 'I love you with a perfect love, exactly as I love My Son. I will never stop loving you, no matter what. I am completely, utterly for you. I promise, on My own life, that I will do you good every day of your life. And because I control all things, that means My good is all you will ever experience from this time forward.'

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Father, Love You, Mean

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• A friend who used to be my customer told me one day: "I promise I am going to help you to be relocated." He's a realtor and after he bought two buildings in the business district in Boston, he said: "Are you ready for your next place?" I could not believe it.

  Julie King

  Believe, Boston, Two

  "10 Questions for Local Food Entrepreneur: Julie King". Interview with Rachel Greenberger, blogs.babson.edu. July 30, 2014.

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