- Birthday
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adopting Quotes
On the courage it takes to welcome something new.
Adopting something new — a policy, a technology, a way of thinking, or a child — always asks for a leap of trust. This collection brings together reflections on that leap, including quotes that touch on Children and the families built through adoption.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wound up adopting two dogs from Sochi. It wasn't really me who brought them home as much as it was one of my best friends, Robin Macdonald, who was out there with me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bolsonaro is adopting a regressive policy as regards rights but a neoliberal policy when it comes to economic policy.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to the gym and looking for a specific result is a short-lived existence, as opposed to going to the gym and adopting it as a lifestyle. Develop a routine, because it's much harder to break it if you have one. If you have no routine, you have nothing to break, so discipline goes out the window.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.
- Commune
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other beasts. In the process, we discover our shared identity.
- Comradeship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through adopting radical extremism, some young men who previously felt humiliated and emasculated by their peers can now feel powerful and intimidating - and gain status, attention from young women, and the comradeship and solidarity of other young men like themselves.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here are the facts: In 2007, I led Prince William County in adopting a policy of (1) inquiring into the immigration status of every person arrested for a crime; and (2) implementing the federal 287(g) program, which deputizes County Jail officers to determine the immigration status of every inmate.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
How can we later criticise other countries outside the European Union for adopting such measures to repress opponents when we are tolerating this inside the European Union with European citizens? Like me - I'm a European citizen.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind the college.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020