Support Quotes - Page 29

• I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

  David Rockefeller

  Play, Community, Important

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

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• It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

  Nile Rodgers

  Jobs, Artist, Symphony

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• I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days.

  Anne Roiphe

  Thinking, Important, Sometimes

  "Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Anne Roiphe". Interview with Irene S. Levine, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 24, 2008.

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• Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

  Mitt Romney

  Should Have, Boss, Unions

  "Mitt Romney Wins in the District of Columbia". "Piers Morgan Tonight", transcripts.cnn.com. April 3, 2012.

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• And that's how it is in America. We look to our communities, our faiths, our families for our joy, our support, in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Community, Joy

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• So what 'Twilight' does is show how women/girls can drive box office and they can support a tent pole movie. They're an extremely passionate fan base. This coincided with the 13 year old boys starting to stay home and play video games and work on their home media stuff. They're no longer going to theaters in droves.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Girl, Twilight, Home

  "A Conversation with Melissa Rosenberg – Writer of the Twilight Series". Interview with Melissa Rosenberg, www.indiewire.com. November 20, 2012.

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• Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, President, Vices

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.

  Katey Sagal

  Faith, Support Systems, Belief

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• It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.

  Zoe Saldana

  Character, Support Systems, Males

  "No conventional roles for Zoe Saldana". www.today.com. August 17, 2011.

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• I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is, create their own aesthetic universes, support artists, employ people, and do all of this while letting us see art for free. Many are visionaries.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, People, Visionaries

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• To cherish others is to cherish ourselves. To cherish ourselves is to cherish others. And in that same way, we relate to the truth. If we support it, if we embrace it, if we uphold it, we will be embraced by it, we will be supported and upheld by it.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Way, Cherish, Embrace

  "One Who Protects The Truth Will Be Protected By It" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2010.

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• I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

  Loretta Sanchez

  Race, People, Trying

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• Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion.

  Margaret Sanger

  Fashion, Children, Men

  Family Limitation introduction (1914)

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• And that really captures the difference for the bullied straight kid versus the bullied gay kid, is that the bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why he's being bullied. [...] And I couldn't go home and open up to my parents.

  Dan Savage

  Home, School, Kids

  "Dan Savage: For Gay Teens, Life 'Gets Better'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 23, 2011.

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• Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Literature, Statistics, Able

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• People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Children, Thinking, People

  "Federal Incentives Make Children Fatherless". eagleforum.org. May 11, 2005.

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• It is a mystery why any Americans would support the concept of the EU.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Mystery, Concepts

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• Even though people are under economic pressure, they still want to support those brands with values that are compatible with their own.

  Howard Schultz

  People, Want, Pressure

  "Starbucks boss: we're not all froth". Interview with Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2009.

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• I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

  Rick Scott

  Party, Responsibility, Government

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• I support all Australian films.

  Yahoo Serious

  Film, Australian Films, Australian

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

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• I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology.

  John Sexton

  Black And White, Artist, Technology

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• I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.

  Shakira

  Clothes, Brooklyn, Disputes

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• We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.

  Donna Shalala

  Teacher, School, Differences

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.

  Ariel Sharon

  Israel, Election, Prime

  Ariel Sharon's address to the Israeli Knesset before the vote on the Gaza 'disengagement plan', www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2004.

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• Close to 80 percent of all terrorist activity in Samaria was directed and financed either by Hizbullah or the Iranians. Iran continues to increase its involvement in terror attacks inside Israel, particularly through a small but radical minority of Israeli Arabs which Iran supports and directs.

  Ariel Sharon

  Israel, Iran, Terror Attacks

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