Promise Quotes - Page 30

• People in the East looked toward the West with longing. They would have liked to have the same comforts, the same goods, the same chances. They saw a system that demanded of them sacrifices with nothing but promises for the future.

  Stefan Heym

  Sacrifice, People, Saws

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• It'll only hurt for a second. Promise.

  Kresley Cole

  Hurt

  Kresley Cole (2015). “Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• The administration [ of Barack Obama ]says I`m wrong, that there`s nothing to worry about. They say the deal is nearly done, and they are making a lot of promises about how the deal will affect workers, the environment and human rights - promises. But people like you can`t see the actual deal.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Rights, People, Worry

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The hardest thing to get right is to figure out how to bring all those characters together, and to fulfill the promise of The Avengers. They really set a very high bar for themselves because you've been setting this coalition up, for these five movies, and they better deliver. And in my opinion, they thoroughly deliver.

  Clark Gregg

  Character, Together, Bars

  Source: collider.com

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• Marco Rubio calling [Donald] Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, quote, "offensive and outlandish," it`s the same Rubio who was one upping Trump`s promise to shut down mosques. Mr. Rubio was saying he would shut down not just mosques but any place where Muslims might be radicalized - cafes, diners, any place.

  Rachel Maddow

  Mosques, Calling, Cafes

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• Many other means there be, that promise the foreknowledge of things to come: besides the raising up and conjuring of ghosts departed, the conference also with familiars and spirits infernal. And all these were found out in our days, to be no better than vanities and false illusions.

  Pliny the Elder

  Mean, Vanity, Departed

  Pliny (the Elder.) (1964). “The History of the World: Commonly Called The Natural History of C. Plinius Secundus, Or Pliny”

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• Somehow the wondrous promise of the earth is that there are things beautiful in it, things wondrous and alluring, and by virtue of your trade you want to understand them.

  Mitchell Feigenbaum

  Beautiful, Earth, Want

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• I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.

  Jackie Evancho

  People, Acting, Helping

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

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• Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.

  William Ralph Inge

  Independent, Men, Christianity

  William Ralph Inge (1918). “The Philosophy of Plotinus: The Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews, 1917-1918”

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• We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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• Your promise means more than the words you use to give it.

  Ron Kaufman

  Mean, Giving, Use

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• You like science? You enjoy science? Always use it for good, never for evil. Can you promise me that?

  David Letterman

  Evil, Use, Enjoy

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• Standing alone, photographs promise an understanding they cannot deliver. In the company of words, they take on meaning, but they slough off one meaning and take on another with alarming ease.

  Susan Sontag

  Understanding, Ease, Standing Alone

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• To get a man's attention, just stand in front of the TV and don't move. He'll talk to you. I promise.

  Tim Allen

  Moving, Men, Attention

  "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man". Book by Tim Allen, September 20, 1994.

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• A promise made must be a promise kept.

  Aristotle

  Made

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• I promise just to serve two terms. Republicans do it differently. They just have the son repeat the father's whole first term.

  John F. Kerry

  Father, Son, Two

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• It's important to have a spiritual side because tomorrow's no promise to us. We have to pay homage to our saviour and put him in our life more because, without him, you don't know where you're going to go.

  Raekwon

  Spiritual, Important, Pay

  Source: thequietus.com

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• America is more than just a place...it's an idea. It's the only country founded on an idea. Our rights come from nature and God, not government. We promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.

  Paul Ryan

  Country, Opportunity, Rights

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• Marriage is when two people love each other so much that they promise that if they ever, ever stop they'll fill out tons of paperwork.

  Eugene Mirman

  Love, Two, People

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• I don't make promises, I promise results.

  Joe Royle

  England, I Promise, Results

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• All politicians promise that which they cannot deliver. I just wish they did so less gleefully.

  Dov Davidoff

  Wish, Politics, Politician

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• Here, let's go to my dressing room, and I promise, I'll only put it in for a second.

  Carlos Mencia

  Rooms, Dressings, I Promise

  "Mind of Mencia". Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Godly fear is loving and trusting in Him. As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And "perfect love casteth out all fear." I promise the bright light of godly fear will chase away the dark shadows of mortal fears as we look to the Savior, build upon Him as our foundation, and press forward on His covenant path with consecrated commitment.

  David A. Bednar

  Commitment, Godly, Dark

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• We are overcome by the "cares ... of this life" when we are paralyzed by fear of the future, which hinders our going forward in faith, trusting in God and His promises. It is up to each of us to set the priorities and to do the things that make our soil good and our harvest plentiful.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Priorities, Overcoming, Care

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• Do you know the story of the scorpion and the frog? You know, the frog agrees to carry the scorpion across the river, because the scorpion promises not to sting him. And then the scorpion stings the frog, half way across the river. The drowning frog asks him why he did it, when they'll both drown, and the scorpion says that he's a scorpion, and it's his nature to sting.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Rivers, Half, Frogs

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.59, Macmillan

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