Relief Quotes - Page 33

• We have a real economic growth problem in America. We are limping along. Wages are flat. And jobs aren’t being created near to the extent that they could and should be. So we think regulatory relief is very, very important.

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, Real, Thinking

  "Speaker Ryan's "strange bedfellows" partnership with Trump". "60 Minutes" with Scott Pelley, www.cbsnews.com. December 4, 2016.

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• The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a person who did not intend to harm the interests of the United States or harm any service members.

  Chelsea Manning

  Military, Years, Six

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Writing, Actors, Worried

  Source: www.npr.org

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• We'll be passing tax relief for small business owners and working families across the country.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Small Business, Passing

  Source: www.dailyjournal.net

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• People want to know that they're going to get tax relief and Donald Trump has promised that.

  Kellyanne Conway

  People, Want, Trump

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of warming up on the field.

  Joe Maddon

  Thinking, Ideas, Fields

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• I've always - outside of the outfielders running over the hump, and it could be slightly dangerous, and it can impact play; of course it can. But on the other side I think, again, just if you're pitching, a relief pitcher, I think it's kind of a great place to get involved in a game.

  Joe Maddon

  Running, Thinking, Games

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• I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.

  Joe Maddon

  Thinking, Games, Gains

  "Joe Maddon workout day interview". MLB.com Interview, www.mlb.com. October 27, 2016.

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• When you're on the road, it gets a bit crazy. I've been on the road for about two weeks, and squeezed about 11 shows into 14 days. It's funny, traveling cross country isn't what kills ya - it's driving the two hours to the one-nighters and back. That's what gets exhausting, it gets to the point where seeing your kids is the relief.

  Jay Mohr

  Country, Crazy, Kids

  Source: underthegunreview.net

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• What is the emotion of an empty inbox? An unliked Post? An ignored dating app message? I think there's a great loneliness that much of our society is running from, and we search for relief in our phones and computers, our online communities, our social networks of friends.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Running, Loneliness, Thinking

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• I admit I have no forgiveness. If anyone is ever rude to me, however much they may try to make up, I can't bring myself to re-establish the old [connection]. And when they drop me, I have a sense of relief.

  Khushwant Singh

  Rude, Trying, Connections

  Source: unforgettabletarun.blogspot.com

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• As you embrace your pain, you get relief and you find out how to handle that emotion. And if you know how to handle the fear, then you have enough insight in order to solve the problem. The problem is to not allow that anxiety to take over.

  Nhat Hanh

  Pain, Order, Anxiety

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

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• Your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, recognize the suffering in you, embrace the suffering, and you get relief. And if you continue with your practice of mindfulness, you understand the roots, the nature of the suffering, and you know the way to transform it.

  Nhat Hanh

  Baby, Roots, Practice

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

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• Before you do something to help, your presence already can bring some relief.

  Nhat Hanh

  Helping, Your Presence

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

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• There was a sense of palpable relief that George [W.] Bush was leaving and that the Republicans had slipped back and that was a wonderful feeling.

  Bill Ayers

  Leaving, Feelings, Republican

  Source: thepointmag.com

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• One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

  Bertrand Russell

  Success, Work, Stress

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5

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• It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain and let just a few tears escape.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Nice, Rain, Tears

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Twilight: Twilight”, p.10, Hachette UK

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• Relieved because what I dreaded most in the whole world was going to happen and I wouldn’t have to live with it anymore—the fear. There is the relief of finally not being alone and the relief of being alone when no one can take anything away from you. Here she was, my beautiful fear. Shiny as crystal lace frost.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Beautiful, Frost, World

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• What will I become? Because I won't be me any longer. That will be a relief. I dont want to be the helpless person I've always been.

  Julie Anne Peters

  Want, Persons, Helpless

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• Is the fire gone?" "Yes," I sighed. "Thank you, Edward." "I love you," he answered. "I know," I breathed, so tired. I heard my favorite sound in the world: Edward's quiet laugh, weak with relief.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Love You, Tired, Fire

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• Admiring yourself?” The Inquisitor’s voice but through his reverie. “You wont look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you.” “You do seem obsessed with my looks.” Jace turned away from the mirror with some relief. “Could it be that all this is because you‘re attracted to me?

  Cassandra Clare

  Mirrors, Voice, Looks

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• Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Encouragement, Jobs, School

  Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Sports, War, Bears

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). “(The Great Gatsby)”, p.40, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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• My dogs can't do anything--and what a relief. I don't make any demands of them, and I don't try to shape them or their future. For the most part, I trust them to make the right choices for themselves. I always look forward to seeing them, and I love just watching them sleep. What a great relationship.

  Amy Chua

  Dog, Sleep, Choices

  Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.83, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His silence washed over me. I stood, closed my eyes, breathed out the relief that was too profound for words.

  Charlaine Harris

  Eye, Men, Profound

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