Serving Quotes - Page 10

• As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.

  Tony Blair

  Country, Determination, Fate

  "Blair addresses divided nation" by Martin Hodgson, www.theguardian.com. March 20, 2003.

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• ...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us extraordinary leverage in world affairs, and explains to some degree why states like Japan, Britain, France, and Germany - states that are even more dependent on Persian Gulf oil than we are - defer to Washington on major international issues (like Iraq) even when they disagree with us.

  Michael Klare

  Usa, Oil, Iraq

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• The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.

  Neil Cavuto

  Girl, Sweet, Teenage

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• The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

  Max De Pree

  Leadership, Learning, Grace

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.

  Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

  Home, Special, Purpose

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• American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor.

  Upton Sinclair

  Media, Class, Journalism

  Upton Sinclair (2015). “The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism”, p.150, Open Road Media

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• I doubt anything will really come of this lawsuit. First of all, it's a lawsuit. It involves a subpoena. And try to find a Republican who will be willing to be seen serving a black man.

  Bill Maher

  Men, Black, Doubt

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• Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.

  Matthew Simpson

  Education, Successful, States

  Matthew Simpson (1885). “Sermons”

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• I felt like Eartha Kitt. I'm serving fish, honey, and this ain't trout.

  Jujubee

  Honey, Trout, Fishes

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• A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C.

  George W. Bush

  Together, Good Marriage

  "President Bush Discusses the Global War on Terror in Tipp City, Ohio". Speech, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 19, 2007.

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• I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.

  John Doolittle

  Gratitude, War, Home

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• As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others as well as those who appreciate the rule of law and honor it.

  Dave Reichert

  Law, Appreciate, Honor

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• A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse.

  Edward Abbey

  Book, Silence, Paper

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.31, RosettaBooks

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• You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well. I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends.

  Katy Perry

  Prayer, Good Friend, Tissues

  "The Odd Way Katy Perry Dealt With Divorce". www.foxnews.com. December 10, 2013.

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• The rubber industry is of much significance to our countries. For millions of our smallholders, the rubber tree is a tree of life, serving as a crucial source of income for earning a living and raising families.

  Thaksin Shinawatra

  Country, Tree, Income

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• In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation.

  John F. Kennedy

  Artist, Presidential, Vision

  1963 At the dedication of Amherst College Robert Frost Library, 25 Oct.

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• It doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary dietary advice. And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat ... No, I'm trying to say that our first lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Sports, Stupid, Issues

  "Does Rush Limbaugh's Criticism Of First Lady Cross The Line?". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 24, 2011.

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• You cannot be happy unless you are serving the truth of your being, however that service looks.

  Gangaji

  Looks

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• Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By his evil existence, which foolishly I have helped to destroy, he was creating a norm of badness by which, and by which alone, an opposite norm of goodness could exist. We were privileged, in our short knowledge of him, to see and estimate his wickedness and we emerge from the acquaintanceship better and more virtuous men.

  Ian Fleming

  Men, Creating, Evil

  "Casino Royale". Book by Ian Fleming, Ch. 20: "The Nature Of Evil", 1953.

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• I keep six honest serving men.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Motivational, Men, Thought Provoking

  Just So Stories "The Elephant's Child" (1902)

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• The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Greatness, Ideas

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Mark”, p.124, Editora Dracaena

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• Nothing in all the world is so good as the knowledge and love of Christ, and no pleasure that can be enjoyed equal to the joy of serving Him with all one's heart.

  Susan Warner

  Christian, Heart, Joy

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• When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It's always the next Christmas.

  Joanne Woodward

  Christmas, Giving Up, Vivid

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• No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Freedom, Humanity, Independence

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• Vegetables when not sufficiently cooked are know to be so exceedingly unwholesome and indigestible, that the custom of serving them 'crisp' should be altogether disregarded when health is considered of more importance than fashion.

  Eliza Acton

  Fashion, Vegetables, Should

  Eliza Acton (1845). “Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, for the Use of Private Families. In a Series of Receipts, which Have Been Strictly Tested, and are Given with the Most Minute Exactness”, p.228

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