Joining Quotes - Page 3

• My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment.

  Roman Abramovich

  Feelings, Would Be, Moments

  "Abramovich: no more of the big spender" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2006.

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• Sudan replaced the U.S. on the U.N. Human Rights Commission joining Syria, and Cuba. So now, the commission members have no interest in upholding the stated mission of the panel. It's just like the Senate Ethics Committee.

  Argus Hamilton

  Rights, Cuba, Ethics

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• Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.

  Olympia Snowe

  Country, Mean, Drug

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• The "environmental movement" is becoming an economic movement, is joining the social justice movement, is becoming a sustainability movement. It's leaving behind the "People's Needs versus Nature's Needs" conflict in favor of making the case for environmental health as the essential underpinning of prosperous and stable human civilization.

  Edward Norton

  Environmental Health, Civilization, Justice

  "Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Edward Norton". Interview with Mark Tercek, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2013.

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• The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.

  Vance Havner

  Fighting, Church Today, Devil

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• You know who's also joining the Wall Street protesters? Kanye West. That's a real good idea -- a guy with diamonds in his teeth protesting greed.

  David Letterman

  Wall, Real, Ideas

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• I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.

  Jim Sturgess

  Acting, Band, Actors

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• We're thrilled to have Maisie Williams joining us on Doctor Who. It's not possible to say too much about who or what she's playing, but she is going to challenge the Doctor in very unexpected ways. This time he might just be out of his depth, and we know Maisie is going to give him exactly the right sort of hell.

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Giving, Challenges

  "Doctor Who Season 9 Trailer Has Daleks, Zygons & Maisie Williams" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. August 12, 2015.

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• The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions.

  Henry Fielding

  Joining In, Laughing, Mirth

  Henry Fielding, Thomas Roscoe (1851). “The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume”, p.643

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• Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.

  Octavia Butler

  Bullying, Joining In, Laughing

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• Jesus proclaimed, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. .. He is saying that a whole new order is about to enter history, and if you want to be a part of it, you will need a change so fundamental that the Gospel of John would later refer to it as a "new birth". Being born again was not meant to be a private religious experience that is hard to communicate. .. but rather the prerequisite for joining a new and very public movement - the Jesus and kingdom of God movement.

  Jim Wallis

  Religious, Jesus, Hands

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• Some years ago I was working on some forms which were vase forms with a fairly narrow base, and it was after [Hans] Coper had died that I saw an exhibition of his, a catalogue from an exhibition, and he was showing some forms which were made by cutting and joining a lot of different parts together to create what he called a spade form, which you can imagine looks a little bit like a shovel upside down.

  Warren MacKenzie

  Cutting, Years, Together

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• Britain should not be forced to make a choice between joining the single currency and leaving the EU, because if we're forced to make that choice we would leave the EU.

  George Osborne

  Choices, Leaving, Currency

  Source: www.economist.com

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• I regret starting drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and joining Facebook.

  Berhan Ahmed

  Regret, Drinking, Smoking

  Source: www.vice.com

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• I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.

  Barack Obama

  Smart, Interesting, Tasks

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• I think the Turks' willingness to take seriously action on the borders to stop the flow of foreign fighters joining ISIL is significant.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Borders, Isil

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of his audience but he's kind of reaching over his audience or behind his audience to black Americans, saying what have you got to lose? As in you might as well join me because the Democrats haven't done anything for you. But joining me means joining this group that already supports me.

  George Packer

  Mean, Support, Black

  Source: www.npr.org

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• One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining efforts in the fight against terrorism and other similar challenges: countering drug trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, fighting famine, preserving environment and biodiversity, taking efforts to make the world more predictable, more stable.

  Vladimir Putin

  Fighting, Mass Destruction, People

  Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• There's no need to be fearful when another person succeeds. In fact, joining forces and supporting fellow teachers (or co-workers) you believe in is one of the most empowering moves you can make.

  Kathryn Budig

  Teacher, Believe, Moving

  ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Typically, among the audience members joining the actors, the director, Ann Ciccolella and myself, about half of these theater goers have read the novel [Anthem], and half have not read it. That is interesting.

  Jeff Britting

  Interesting, Directors, Actors

  Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

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• They have to sort out their problems and the best way for us is to trade with the world don't be this inward looking bloc and above all you take back control over all the decision you have made .we are one in 28 with another 5 countries joining ..we will become increasing insignificant so lets take back control.

  Ruth Davidson

  Country, Decision, Inward

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band for three months.

  James Iha

  Months, Three, Band

  "James Iha on Scoring James Franco’s ‘Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?’". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 17, 2016.

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• In our town, the most popular way out was joining the service. So my three best friends joined the Navy to get out. I didn't.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Navy, Three, Way

  "Jersey Devil". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. February 9, 2006.

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• Jennifer Lopez has been very much in the news because of her divorce from Marc Anthony, also a top singer, a top player in Latin music, her joining the cast of judges on "American Idol." But the music has not been at the forefront.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Latin, Divorce, Player

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• Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the old joining the young to fight for elemental kinds of justice.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Struggle, Mean, Fighting

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