#adopted

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. ↗

— Plato

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Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. ↗

— Hyman Rickover

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We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

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I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#attitude #baptists #because #believe #between

I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about inviting me to all the football games and all that stuff. So I end up having an adopted team spirit for a school I don't go to. ↗

— David Gallagher

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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

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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. ↗

— James Baldwin

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I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do. ↗

— Emmylou Harris

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I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

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