Support Quotes - Page 22

• To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Success, Pride, Winning

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.146

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• I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them.

  Kent Conrad

  Leader, World, Way

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• They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Movie, Jobs, Writing

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• Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat.

  David Cross

  Funny, Humor, People

  "David Cross From Arrested Development". Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, www.suicidegirls.com. February 1, 2004.

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• I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy.

  Mark Cuban

  Country, Jobs, Hate

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

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• I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

  Ice Cube

  Acting, Cop

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• Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.

  Roger Daltrey

  Teenager, Rocks, Generations

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• My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.

  Claire Danes

  Beautiful, Math, Hands

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• It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

  Dorothy Day

  Strong, House, Needs

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• My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Christian, Mom, Dad

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

  Jim DeMint

  Care, Devolution, Transportation

  "Sens. DeMint & Murkowski and Chairman Kaine on 'State of the Union'". www.realclearpolitics.com. September 19, 2010.

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• We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

  Jim DeMint

  Long, Benefits, Lebanon

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• I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.

  Mos Def

  Children, Independent, Trying

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• In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Rights, World, Today

  Alan Dershowitz (2014). “Terror Tunnels: The Case for Israel's Just War Against Hamas”, p.20, RosettaBooks

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• There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to compromise their liberal values, their support for Israel or their Jewish pride.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Pride, Israel, Shrinking

  "Ed Koch: The Death of a Liberal Israel Lover" by Alan Dershowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 4, 2013.

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• I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.

  Ani DiFranco

  Mom, Parent, Tragedy

  "Ani DiFranco, Then and Now". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. December 13, 2010.

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• It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection.

  Novak Djokovic

  Support You, Grandparent, Interesting

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• I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest.

  Fred Durst

  Fighting, Backyards, Snuff

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• If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.

  Sylvia Earle

  Ocean, Thinking, Support Systems

  Sylvia A. Earle (2009). “The World Is Blue”, p.258, National Geographic Books

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• Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.

  Sylvia Earle

  Support Systems, Care, Astronaut

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• Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here.

  Sylvia Earle

  Ecosystems, Effort, Might

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• Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.

  Gloria Estefan

  Responsibility, Hands, People

  "Estefan heads Katrina aid stars". news.bbc.co.uk. September 12, 2005.

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• I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Daughter, Mother, Two

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• I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.

  Paloma Faith

  Emotional, Class, People

  "Paloma Faith: 'I have an inability to lie'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.

  Jerry Falwell

  Family Love, Example, Morality

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