Invited Quotes - Page 11

• Gay unions, what is that about? I haven't been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn't go anyway. The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn't work for straight people any more... I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.

  Boy George

  Divorce, Gay, Thinking

  The London Evening Standard, February 20, 2006.

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• Jessica Seinfeld made a toast. She turned to the assembled guests. 'And you are all so lucky to be part of Gwyneth's world. Because this is the real deal. And she's invited all of you good people in here. I would never do that.'

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Real, People, World

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• Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Surrender, Accepted

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• President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt to be historic, the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.... The bill that lay on the polished mahogany desk was born in violence in Selma, Alabama, where a stubborn sheriff... had stumbled against the future.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Rights, Voting, President

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• Well, just another thing that Michael Cole brings to Monday Night Raw, he invited Laycool here, for whatever reason.

  Josh Mathews

  Monday, Night, Wwe

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• No one would have been invited to dinner so often as Jesus was unless he were interesting and had a sense of humor.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Jesus, Interesting, Dinner

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• The future is female, so women are invited, as they do, to take responsability in the world of politics, in the economics, in art

  Gaetano Pesce

  Art, World, Female

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• Fear only goes where it's invited to stay.

  Drew Holcomb

  Song: Sisters brothers, Album: Medicine, 2015

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• Today, people often make the American mistake of confusing acquaintances with friends. The former are there to share life's pleasures; only the latter should be invited to share one's problems.

  Julian Fellowes

  Friends, Mistake, People

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• When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and the nimble early rising wind rustled the oak leaves about our tent, all people, having reinforced their bodies and their souls with sleep, and cast aside doubt and fear, were invited to unattempted adventures.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Adventure, Sleep

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• I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black feminists and lesbians is represented. What this says about the vision of this conference is sad, in a country where racism, sexism and homophobia are inseparable. . . .

  Audre Lorde

  Country, Heterosexuality Is, Racism

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.110, Crossing Press

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• When you are invited to a dinner, you are either a guest or you are part of a menu

  Guy Verhofstadt

  Inspirational, Guests, Dinner

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• The other day I got invited to a party, but I stayed home instead. Just me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Black and Red.

  George Thorogood

  Friendship, Brother, Party

  Song: I Drink Alone

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• I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.

  David Morrissey

  Party, Men, Thinking

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.

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• Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.

  William Watson Purkey

  Waiting, Human Potential, Humans

  William Watson Purkey, David B. Strahan (2002). “Inviting Positive Classroom Discipline”, p.11, National Middle School Association

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• I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.

  Matthew Lewis

  Nice, Home, Night

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings.

  Wim Wenders

  Independent, Cutting, Lists

  "'The culture of independent film criticism has gone down the drain'". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. January 10, 2000.

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• I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.

  Tim Roth

  Awful, Function

  "Tim Roth: who's the daddy?". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2012.

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• I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.

  Adam Baldwin

  Party, Laughing, Fans

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• As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.

  Rob Bell

  Visits You, People, Funeral

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• Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines.

  Peter Coyote

  White, House, Pages

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• I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for years, and I was invited to opening night because I know one of the producers.

  John Edward

  Song, Heart, Night

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Under President Barack Obama, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has been invited into the White House and given a seat at the table. Hispanics are serving in unprecedented numbers at the highest levels of this administration, including in the Cabinet.

  Charlie Gonzalez

  White, Numbers, House

  "Charles Gonzalez DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• I was never invited to the White House.

  Bobby Fischer

  White, House, White House

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• The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous... if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed to feature all three, fleeing in terror might well be an appropriate reaction.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Design, Heavyweights, Fleeing

  Eric S. Raymond (2003). “The Art of UNIX Programming”, p.182, Addison-Wesley Professional

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