Invited Quotes - Page 9

• Saddam Hussein has invited members from the U.S. Congress to visit Iraq. Man how stupid is Hussein? If you think Bush had incentive to bomb Iraq before, imagine if Congress was over there.

  Jay Leno

  Stupid, Men, Thinking

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• Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn''t be seen dead at

  Bill Vaughan

  Party, Irritating

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• From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited any readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.

  Pat Conroy

  Journey, Wire, Revelations

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• You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.

  Elvis Costello

  Summer, New York, Opportunity

  "Interview about The Delivery Man". Interview with Brian Wise, www.elviscostello.info. April 10, 2004.

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• Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's stead. And that is what helped put me back on track.

  Betty Shabazz

  Husband, Two, Doctors

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• I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

  Erma Bombeck

  Dinner, Sofas, Carpet

  Erma Bombeck (2009). “Eat Less Cottage Cheese and More Ice Cream: Thoughts on Life from Erma Bombeck”, p.20, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV positive. It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.

  Kristen Ashburn

  Beautiful, Home, Epidemics

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• Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive; a number of subtle explanations were offered to him. He then pointed out that it does not.

  Alasdair MacIntyre

  Numbers, Doe, Alive

  Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.108, A&C Black

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• I wasn’t invited to be on staff at the Simpsons because they didn’t want any women on staff at the time.

  Mimi Pond

  Want, Staff

  "Mimi Pond roasts 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire,' the Simpsons premiere she wrote 25 years ago". Interview with Andy Dubbin, splinternews.com. December 18, 2014.

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• I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.

  Perry Christie

  Country, People, Partnership

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• Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Friends, Teacher

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• We can be satisfied. We are loved, wanted, seen, delighted in, provided for, cherished, chosen, known, and planned on. We are set apart, believed in, invited, valued, of immeasurable worth, and blessed.

  Stasi Eldredge

  Blessed, Satisfied, Wanted

  Stasi Eldredge (2013). “Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You”, p.86, David C Cook

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• Girls' hearts flourish in homes where they are seen and invited to become ever more themselves. Parents who enjoy their daughters are giving them and the world a great gift. Mothers in particular have the opportunity to offer encouragement to their daughters by inviting them into their feminine world and by treasuring their daughters' unique beauty.

  Stasi Eldredge

  Girl, Daughter, Mother

  John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.99, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the trainer's shelf, untouched, unused. The sheepdog is shown its possibilities, he learns what life is like for a good dog and is invited to walk in a rational world whose farthest boundaries are defined by grace.

  Donald McCaig

  Dog, People, Giving

  Donald McCaig (2014). “Nop's Hope: A Novel”, p.122, Open Road Media

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• I was invited by a publisher to write the text for Tantra.[1] Having done some research, what fascinated me was the evidence that many 'tantric' ideas actually came to India from the Mediterranean. It is rather a dry read and debunks reports of orgies and sexual mischief – sorry to disappoint.

  Indra Sinha

  Sorry, Writing, Ideas

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• One of the traps of adolescence is the sort of paranoid resentment that somehow you're never going to match up and that everybody else's life is going to be better and finer and fuller. That everyone else attended some secret lesson in which how to live was taught and you had a dental appointment that day, or you were somehow not invited. And the point of great writers like Wilde is that they make that invitation to you.

  Stephen Fry

  Secret, Lessons, Taught

  "Stephen Fry's Idea of Greatness". bigthink.com. December 8, 2009.

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• In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play rugby for Belgium!

  Jacques Rogge

  Country, Phones, Play

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• As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.

  Norman Lamm

  Law, Privacy, Results

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• The Bible is teh means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service. Secured by the knowledge that in Christ, our origin... and destination is God, we will yield the fruit of service to God. This is the "so what" of our Bible reading. Does it shape our spirits in love and humility? Does it lead us more fully into life with God? (Life with God, p. 34-35)

  Richard J. Foster

  Jesus, Reading, Mean

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• The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

  Theophrastus

  Ambition, Men, Dinner

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• My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected himself. I mean early marriage, he said. The very start of a marriage. It's like a whole new beginning. You're entirely brand-new people; you haven't made any mistakes yet. You have a new place to live and new dishes and this new kind of, like, identity, this 'we' that gets invited everywhere together now. Why, sometimes your wife will have a brand-new name, even.

  Anne Tyler

  Cousin, Mistake, New Beginnings

  Anne Tyler (2012). “The Beginner's Goodbye”, p.122, Random House

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• The ocean was waiting with grand and bitter provocations, as if it invited you to think how deep it was, how much colder than your blood or saltier, or to outguess it, to tell which were its feints or passes and which its real intentions, meaning business.

  Saul Bellow

  Real, Ocean, Thinking

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• No one has the right to criticize you for how your body looks, but they will. One thing I've learned from experiencing this exact kind of criticism is that no one else can label your body except for you. No one gets to have a place in your mind if they weren't invited there by you. So please do me this one favor: Don't let their ugly words into your beautiful mind.

  Taylor Swift

  Beautiful, Mind, Criticism

  "Taylor Swift's Heartwarming Message To Bullied Fan Will Literally Bring You To Tears" by Ariel Nagi, www.seventeen.com. January 28, 2015.

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• He invited people to sign a petition that demanded either strict control of, or a total ban on, dihydrogen monoxide.... Yes, 86 percent of the passersby voted to ban water (H2O) from the environment. Maybe that's what really happened to all the water on Mars.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Science, People, Water

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.220, W. W. Norton & Company

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• It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road. You never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

  Elton John

  Two, Important, Tiaras

  "Sixty things for Sir Elton's 60th", news.bbc.co.uk. March 23, 2007.

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