#adopt

Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#children #motherhood #parenting #life

Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules. ↗

— Kit Bond

#adopt #banking #begun #clinton #clinton administration

Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the negotiating table on the basis of the adopted terms of reference based on international legitimacy and a complete cessation of settlement activities. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#adopted #based #basis #cessation #complete

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#any #country #directive #exert #general

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#been #bonded #child #child labor #forms

The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents. ↗

— Joe Moore

#constituents #embody #laws #mores #our

I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out. ↗

— Linda Blair

#bars #behind #control #dogs #fostering

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#give #go #i #my time #people

I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#care #foster #honest #i #quite

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. ↗

— John Boehner

#ban #critical #democratic #democratic leaders #earmark