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• My life is PG-13 sometimes, and I really want Josh Grogan to propose to me, and he just won't do it.

  Emma Stone

  Want, Sometimes, Life Is

  "Emma Stone Interview CRAZY STUPID LOVE". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. July 27, 2011.

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• I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

  Tony Campolo

  Government, Giving, People

  Tony Campolo (2011). “Red Letter Christians: A Citizen's Guide to Faith and Politics”, p.67, Baker Books

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• At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.

  Alcuin

  Wise, Men, Stupid People

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• The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.

  Herman Cain

  Zero, Growth, Gains

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• Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

  William Howard Taft

  New Day, Effort, Presidential

  William Howard Taft, William Taft “Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils”, Transaction Publishers

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• My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even if hidden in a dung-hill, so old age and discretion are to be respected even in the vile persons of our subjects. Desist therefore, and tell us what you desire and propose.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, Son, Jewels

  C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol V: The Horse and his Boy”, p.81, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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• In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare.

  J. B. Priestley

  Warfare, Nuclear, Bombs

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• Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Heart, Animal, Work Out

  Luigi Pirandello (1962). “To clothe the naked: and two other plays”

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• Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

  Francois Hollande

  Years, Law, Constitution

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• Everyone has their own experiences with song. It means one thing to me and it means something entirely different to somebody else. I have a song called 'Apple Cherry' which is a song about unrequited love and to this couple in London, they fell in love to this song. The girl in the relationship called me and said she wanted to propose to her girlfriend could you sing 'Apple Cherry' while I do it? I was like 'Really? That's not a love song about getting together'.

  NAO

  Girl, Song, Couple

  Source: acclaimmag.com

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• No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Moving, Unconditional Love, Surrender

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

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• So tonight I propose one more step that I would rather not propose. I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens earning over $100,000 per year, for one year, to pay an additional one percent on the income they receive.

  Mitch Daniels

  Years, Income, Citizens

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• Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?

  Julio Cortazar

  Eden, Paradise, Nostalgia

  Julio Cortazar (2016). “Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much”, p.210, Everyman's Library

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• The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Government, Two, Three

  "The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions".

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• Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the man's job to propose and both of you think that's awesome.

  Carolyn Hax

  Thinking, Waiting, Tradition

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

  Winston Churchill

  Art, Writing, Past

  Speech in House of Commons, 23 Jan. 1948

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• If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

  Barbara Jordan

  Promise, Politics, Produce

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

  Robert Kennedy

  Freedom, Mean, Liberty

  Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “The Pursuit of Justice”, New York : Harper & Row

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• Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts: "I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people."

  Thomas S. Monson

  People, Doubt, Doorways

  "The Lighthouse of the Lord" by Thomas S. Monson, www.lds.org. February 2001.

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• Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Rebellious, Proposal

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.85, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

  Ehud Olmert

  Division, Jerusalem, Terrible

  "Former Israeli PM looks at Iran crisis". www.cnn.com. May 5, 2012.

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• Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship. So if you're born here, but your parents don't have documents, they want to eliminate that. That's another 4.5 million people.

  Tim Kaine

  People, Parent, Citizenship

  "Expanding the Debate: Ajamu Baraka Spars with Pence & Kaine in Democracy Now! Special–Part 2", www.democracynow.org. October 5, 2016.

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• We were encouraged to propose safetyprevention suggestions, and write them all down— locking doors, walking or exercising with a friend, wearing shoes that don’t hinder running. Erin’s suggestion of “Avoid assholes” was popular.

  Tammara Webber

  Running, Writing, Exercise

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• I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.

  Georgette Heyer

  Sleep, Giving, Imagine

  Georgette Heyer (2010). “Behold, Here's Poison”, p.291, Random House

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• i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra tunes and sway a little. I have a crush on a building. I'd been in there several times but never to work. I always knew there were offices in there but the face never penetrated, really. You don't work in the Empire State Building. You propose in the Empire State Building. You sneak a flask up there and raise a toast to the whole city of New York.

  Maureen Johnson

  Crush, New York, Play

  Maureen Johnson (2009). “13 Little Blue Envelopes”, p.14, Harper Collins

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