- Defiance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bid Quotes
On bids for power, change, and farewell.
Some of these quotes use "bid" as a formal goodbye, others as an attempt to seize influence or reshape a nation, showing how one small word carries very different weight depending on the stakes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
- Comfort
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families... A struggle without casualties is no struggle.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Malaga were the club that bid the hardest for me, and they were the first, too. When Villarreal told me that they wanted to sell me, I chose them.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the Eastern Democracy, we bid farewell when you do that thing.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision.
- Eminence
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
'SNL' has always been known for its ability to skewer politics, and the circus that was Palin's bid to be Vice President was ripe for parody.
- Goodbye
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- Nov 07, 2020
Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I've got to keep it this way.
- Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020