Proposal Quotes - Page 4

• I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck.

  Sandra Bullock

  Balls, Necks, Chains

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• The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those.

  Eric Cantor

  Political, Voting, President

  "POLITICO Interview: Eric Cantor". Interview with Mike Allen, www.politico.com. January 29, 2010.

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• Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs; monies being created to direct and what kind of jobs that Washington thinks ought to be created. Come on. I mean there is a government that can help, and the government can also hurt.

  Eric Cantor

  Hurt, Jobs, Mean

  "POLITICO Interview: Eric Cantor". Interview with Mike Allen, www.politico.com. January 29, 2010.

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• My proposal happens to be very mainstream.

  Noam Chomsky

  Mainstream, Happens

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• The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

  Ann Coulter

  Democrat, Constant, Policy

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• I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.

  Jim DeMint

  Thinking, People, Trying

  "This Week", abcnews.go.com. September 4, 2011.

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• President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet.

  Jay Inslee

  Compelling Reason, Focus, President

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• Every once in a while I get the highly inappropriate proposal which is like, 'Wow, Really! You don't even know me and I don't know you at all, and you want that to happen? Tonight? Ok, I get off work at 7.30.'

  Dwayne Johnson

  Tonight, Want, Wow

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• Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Ideas, Magic, Campaigns

  "One year out: Obama's fall". Column, www.jewishworldreview.com. January 15, 2010.

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• “Job Killer.” Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Jobs, Two, Friendly

  "The Business Case for Workplace Flexibility: How Employers and Employees Can 'Have it All'" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2012.

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• I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

  Ai Weiwei

  Cities, Design, Competition

  "Ai Weiwei: China excluded its people from the Olympics. London is different". www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2012.

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• President Obama's proposal to raise the top rate to 39 percent is equal to the rate under President Clinton in the 1990s when Wall Street reached record high levels and the economy produced lots of jobs.

  Juan Williams

  Jobs, Wall, President

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• In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

  Richard Branson

  People, Mind, Statistics

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• I felt that if a man's proposals met with approval, it should encourage him; if they met with opposition, it should make him fight back; but the real tragedy for him was to lift up his voice among the living and meet with no response neither approval nor opposition just as if he were left helpless in a boundless desert.

  Lu Xun

  Real, Fighting, Men

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• ʺWhere is it?ʺ I asked. ʺLexington, Kentucky.ʺ ʺOh for Godʹs sake,ʺ I moaned. ʺWhy not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?ʺ Dimitri tried to hide a smile. It might have been at my expense, but if Iʹd lightened his mood, I was grateful. ʺIf we leave right now, we can reach him before morning.ʺ I glanced around. ʺTough choice. Leave all this for electricity and plumbing?ʺ Now Sydney grinned. ʺAnd no more marriage proposals.ʺ ʺAnd weʹll probably have to fight Strigoi,ʺ added Dimitri. I jumped to my feet. ʺHow soon can we go?ʺ

  Richelle Mead

  Morning, Grateful, Fighting

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• It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations and proposals, or he in having them accepted.

  Jane Austen

  Perfection, Receiving, Would Be

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.156, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. "Bacon," Bitterblue muttered. "Bacon!" she repeated, then carefully made her way up the spiral stairs.

  Kristin Cashore

  Way, Towns, Spirals

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.55, Penguin

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• Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Successful, Giving, President

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• I unfolded the note, and it took me a few seconds to decipher Adrian’s writing. If he did write me a dating proposal, I really hoped he would type it.

  Richelle Mead

  Writing, Dating, Notes

  Richelle Mead (2009). “Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.262, Penguin

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• When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course, he saw that her self-effacing proposal was quite irrelevant. All she had needed was the certainty of his love, and his reassurance that there was no hurry when a lifetime lay ahead of them. Love and patience- if only he had had them both at once- would surely have seen them both through.

  Ian Mcewan

  Girl, Self, His Love

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• About that proposal, cupcake..." Morelli

  Janet Evanovich

  Cupcakes

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• With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform our best shot.

  Ron Wyden

  Real, Ideas, Giving

  "A Plan for Health Reform" by Ron Wyden, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 8, 2007.

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• I looked over at him. "Is that a proposal?" There was total silence for a couple beats. "I'm not sure. It just popped out." "Let me know when you're sure." "Would you say yes?" Morelli asked. "I'm not sure.

  Janet Evanovich

  Love, Couple, Silence

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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

  Promise, Mosques, Calling

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• I`ve been spending a fair amount of time in the recesses of white nationalist, white supremacist social media online areas, what called itself is the "alt right", which is sort of the euphemistic term they use for what is essentially modern day white supremacy. And they are some of [Donald]Trump - this has been reported from the beginning but they are very excited about [anti-Muslim] proposal.

  Chris Hayes

  White, Media, Use

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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