#devote

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

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We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities. ↗

— George Pataki

#computerized #devoted #network #reliable

I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak. ↗

— Katy Perry

#heartbreak #i #never #record #whole

People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable. ↗

— Zac Posen

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Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

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And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and continue Christians who neither were nor professed to be very devoted persons. ↗

— Robert Rainy

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Sitting next to Olivia Newton-John, I was like, 'Do not sing one song from Grease.' That's all I was telling my brain at all times: 'Do not sing Hopelessly Devoted. Don't do it.' ↗

— Caroline Rhea

#devoted #grease #hopelessly #i #like

To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted. ↗

— George Ripley

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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

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My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

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