#raise

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view. ↗

— James Mcneill Whistler

#great #incomplete #labour #often #picture

It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen. ↗

— Forest Whitaker

#carson #central #commits #dreams #east

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#civil #concerns #constitutional #constitutional rights #facts

It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#both #call #christians #common #community

The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#asks #been #chances #getting #her

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#best #deterrent #excellence #how #i

Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful. ↗

— Martin Yan

#believe #comes #done #get #happiness

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me. ↗

— Martin Yan

#excited #me #never #praises

Yes. I don't think it would be appropriate at this point to raise taxes on anyone, certainly not in 2011. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#appropriate #certainly #i #point #raise

It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that transition, because, you know, I had big shoes to fill and I was very young, 27. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#because #big #big shoes #century #easy