“Both of us [me and Donald Trump] were raised to believe that to whom much is given, much will be required. And so for the president-elect that meant that what - he describes himself this way, the kid from Queens would go to Manhattan Island and build the big buildings.” WayBelieveBigsKidsGivenPresidentBuildingTrumpRaisedQueensIslandsManhattan Author:Mike Pence
“More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.” PeopleNeedsYearsAmericaNationsImaginationGreaterAwarenessConcernYears AgoCrisisRaisedMathFiftyLackingGreater GoodMath EducationEducation In AmericaSputnik Author:Katherine Paterson
“When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.” ShouldBelieveKindStatesGovernmentCommunityRecordsRightsConcernRaisedLocalsCivil RightsVotingRhetoricInterfereSenatorsFederal GovernmentSessionRight To VoteNominationsStates Rights Author:Al Sharpton
“We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access a certain part, 5% was mentioned, of the funds in the hands of the institutional investors, domestically, for investment in the real economy. That being an agreement of the Growth and Development Summit, we will engage South African business to see how we can make that a practical thing. So, there is a different set of engagement with local business.” ShouldDifferentRealMatterHandsCertainGrowthEconomyDevelopmentInvestmentSouthRaisedAccessPracticalsLocalsAgreementFundInvestorsEngagementSouth AfricaSummitPractical ThingsLocal Business Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning.” WayInterestingInvestmentRaisedInternationalEngagementCouncilVery InterestingInteresting Ways Author:Thabo Mbeki
“One of the issues that I have raised in that context is our transport system, road, rail and ports. We have raised this before, that the South African economy has grown at a rate that has overtaken the capacity of the transport system. And therefore, we have said that it is necessary to expand our capacity in the ports.” SaidEconomyIssuesCapacitySouthRaisedRateSouth AfricaTransportPortRail Author:Thabo Mbeki
“That is one of the reasons why we have raised this matter about the need to focus quite sharply on the function of local government, but also on the resourcing of local government. Because it may very well be that we say to local government, you have got to run an indigent policy.” NeedsWellsMayMatterReasonGovernmentRunningFocusPolicyFunctionRaisedLocalsReason WhyLocal Government Author:Thabo Mbeki
“We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. Indeed, the Minister of Safety and Security and the National Commissioner of Police have raised this matter. Treasury has been looking at it and the Public Service and Administration Minister has been looking at it. It is a matter with which we are engaged, the salaries issue, as well as the resource question with regard to vehicles and, and all other matters, including the skills issues.” WellsHas BeensMatterPayIssuesSecuritySkillsResourcesPoliceRegardSafetyRaisedIncludingAdministrationMinistersEngagedVehicleSalaryPublic ServiceTreasurySafety And SecurityCommissioners Author:Thabo Mbeki
“As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.” ShouldSaidCountryMatterRaisedHostParliament Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I was born and raised in St. Louis, and this little town, eight blocks away, place no one ever heard of, a black man there commands the attention of the world for months? That ain't my world.” MenWorldLittlesBlackBornAttentionHeardMonthsTownsRaisedEightCommandBlockBorn And RaisedLittle Towns Author:Dick Gregory
“My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player. One of my earliest memories is him kind of forcing a guitar on all my brothers and me. You know, "You have to practice three hours a day!" I hated guitar at the time. I kind of picked up trumpet to spite him.” KnowsKindWantedThreeHoursMemoriesPracticePlayerBrotherDadRaisedGuitarMy DadHatedObsessedMy BrotherSpiteTrumpetsGuitar Player Author:Zach Condon
“Reports by Politico, Bloomberg and other news outlets have raised inconsistencies in Melania Trump's immigration story.” StoriesTrumpNewsRaisedImmigrationReportsOutletsInconsistency Author:Audie Cornish
“I grew up in Georgia and I think if you're raised in the South it's where a lot of the war was fought, and it's just more present in the sort of psyche of the South. So I've always just been interested and sort of fascinated by [Civil War].” IfsThinkingWarGrewGrew UpSouthRaisedCivil WarFascinatedGeorgiaRaised In The South Author:Ed Helms
“My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So, growing up, I was always looking for my connection. I've found myself praying before meals, before bed; there's always been this gratitude for things that are bigger than me.” MotherFoundGrowing UpGrowingPrayingGratitudeBedConnectionsBiggerCatholicRaisedMealsStrictIntimidationMidwest Author:Alicia Keys
“Fox News and Rush Limbaugh have raised ignorance to ideology and stupefied an entire political party. No more roguish and rowdy band of predators ever did more to demean and despoil the democracy on whose carcass they feed.” PoliticalPartyDemocracyIgnoranceBandNewsRaisedIdeologyFoxesPolitical PartiesPredatorFox NewsRowdy Author:Bill Moyers
“I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.” BookKidsThreeWrittenConstitutionRaisedLawyer Author:Caroline Kennedy
“The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and so that had a major influence on me.” InfluenceFashionMajorsSingingRaisedCongregation Author:Dwight Yoakam
“I was raised in the Church of Christ, which was a very abstinent faith. And I just didn't [drink] - there was never anything that I found seductive enough, I guess, to have a romance with it.” EnoughRomanceFoundChristChurchDrinkRaisedSeductiveChurch Of Christ Author:Dwight Yoakam
“My mother was okay with me not playing it safe. She made an agreement with my father that I was going to be raised differently than my brother and sister were. My parents went through the whole sixties rebellion with my brother and sister. But I didn't feel like I had to rebel because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldn't do something. I never went into that parents-as-enemies stage.” FeelsMadeWholeMotherFatherParentEnemyStageBrotherSafeOkayRaisedMy BrotherAgreementRebellionRebelSixtyBrothers And SistersPlaying It Safe Author:Julie Taymor
“I was raised in a musical family - 5 girls and 1 boy - so all of us girls don't do gender. We were all made to believe that we could do anything we wanted and so we did. One of my early bands was with my sisters. I didn't really come across a lot of problems because I just didn't see it. I took myself seriously and so everyone else did too - this is my mantra.” BelieveMadeProblemWantedGirlBoysBandRaisedMusicalGenderMy SisterMantras Author:Suzi Quatro
“What stood me in good stead was my upbringing. I had a musician father, a very religious mother who totally supported us. My mom gave me my moral code which, even if I was bad, I wasn't bad for very long. If you're born and raised Catholic, it stays with you a lifetime. It's a good thing to have. My dad gave me a very professional attitude to the music business, and for that I thank them 100%.” IfsLongMotherFatherBornReligiousAttitudeMoralMomDadMusicianCatholicGood ThingsLifetimeRaisedMy DadMy MomCodeUpbringingMusic BusinessBorn And RaisedMoral Code Author:Suzi Quatro
“My dad is probably the most proud person when it comes to me, and we have a great relationship. If people have a compliment about my character, they usually say they can tell I was raised right, and that's the truth.” PeopleIfsPersonsCharacterProudDadRaisedMy DadComplimentGreat RelationshipProud Person Author:Chance the Rapper
“I was raised pretty much a fundamentalist, but the one thing that fundamentalism gave to me was the love for that book and a commitment to read and study it. The difficulty is that I've read it all, I didn't skip around, I read it all, and when you read it all, you can't take it literally because you don't want to blame God for a lot of stuff that occurs in that book. There are some pretty violent scenes.” WantBookStuffStudyOne ThingSceneCommitmentDifficultyBlameRaisedViolentFundamentalismSkipFundamentalist Author:John Shelby Spong
“There's so much, I guess I want to say, nonsense about show business now. Because of reality television. I don't get this, because I was never raised to get this, but I don't understand wanting to be famous. Maybe it's because I was born famous, but I don't get it.” WantShowsRealityBornTelevisionRaisedNonsenseShow BusinessReality Television Author:Lorna Luft
“[Peter Norman]was born and raised under the auspices of his mom and dad being involved in the Salvation Army. He believed in humanity. At all costs, he believed in humanity.” HumanityBornMomDadInvolvedCostArmySalvationRaisedPeterMom And DadBorn And RaisedSalvation Army Author:John Carlos
“I had gone to - that was my second time going to the mosque. And then at that time we met [with my wife], she was Muslim and - but was at a point where - because her father is an imam and her mother, though, is a convert, but she was basically raised Muslim. And she was at that point where she was deciding or trying to come to terms with her own relationship with Islam and how to embrace that for herself. So I was sort of trying to come walk toward it.” TryingMotherFatherTermWalksGoneWifeMetsEmbraceRaisedIslamMy WifeMosques Author:Mahershala Ali
“We're in a very Orwellian situation where when we - we've slashed defense. And we've raised taxes. And we consider $600 billion annual deficit success because it's not $1 trillion.” SituationTaxesRaisedDefenseBillionsDeficitAnnualsOrwellian Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Many decry rising inequality because it makes those who've fallen behind feel impoverished. But it's done much more than cause hurt feelings. It has also raised the real cost to middle-income families of achieving many basic goals. The process begins with the completely unremarkable fact that top earners have been spending at a substantially higher rate than before. They've been building bigger mansions, staging more elaborate weddings and coming-of-age parties for their kids, buying more and better of everything.” FeelsHas BeensRealDoneFactsFeelingsKidsAgeCausesProcessGoalHurtPartyBehindsMiddleAchieveBuildingHigherCostBiggerRaisedRateSpendingIncomeInequalityFallenRisingBuyingComing Of AgeHurt FeelingsMansionsStaging Author:Robert H. Frank
“Rising inequality hasn't really accomplished anything of value for its ostensible beneficiaries, the top one percent. They've all built bigger mansions and staged more lavish parties. But in so doing, they've simply raised the bar that defines what's considered adequate in these categories.” ValuesPartyPercentBuiltBiggerRaisedBarsInequalityRisingAccomplishedCategoriesAdequateMansionsBeneficiaries Author:Robert H. Frank
“I'm always touched when I go to events and stuff, to meet fathers who come up to me and thank me and say, "because of you my young daughter knows that she can do anything she sets out to do." And the way young girls are raised now, I don't think there's any doubt that they know they can do anything. And if what goes by the by is that they don't feel they have to be in solidarity with all other women, that's O.K. as long as they know that that strength has been there in the past and can be there in the future for them.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsLongHas BeensPastYoungGirlFatherStuffCan DoDoubtEventsDaughterRaisedCome UpTouchedSolidarityBecause Of YouYoung Daughter Author:Nancy Pelosi
“My memories are beautiful because my wife Joan is English and shortly after we were married, we stayed in London and I never forgot it. We loved it so much that we've been back very often and it's always a thrill. To me, there's New York City where I was born and raised and then there's London!” BeautifulBornMemoriesCitiesWifeNew YorkMarriedRaisedMy WifeLondonNew York CityThrillBorn And Raised Author:Stan Lee
“I was raised a Catholic, but with very liberal parents, so I had to find my spirituality. I've been looking for it since I was a child. I would find it in pieces of art, music, flowers, trees. Now I've come full circle finding God in clouds, flowers, and trees.” ChildrenArtSpiritualityParentPiecesTreeFlowerFindingsCatholicRaisedCloudsCirclesArt MusicFull CircleFinding God Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.” ChristianLiteratureStonesRaisedAcidAcid Rain Author:Ken Kesey
“I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it's fiction.” BelieveBeautifulFictionRaisedBeautiful Things Author:Winona Ryder
“How I was raised was, there were no rules - nothing like that. If I wanted to take a drug because I was in school and everybody was doing it, I could go to my parents and say, "I really want to try this." And they'd say, "If you do this, O.K., but this is what can happen to you..." They'd say, "Don't get it in the streets, because it could be really bad and make you freak out. Don't take it in a crowded place, because you'll panic."” IfsWantTryingHappensWantedSchoolParentStreetsDrugRaisedFreakPanicCrowdedCrowded Places Author:Winona Ryder
“I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don't lose that.” LosesRaisedBully Author:Barbara Boxer
“I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass. My whole family has always pushed the arts, you know? My brother is a doctor of music and my cousin is an opera singer over in Austria. Arts were always a big thing in our family.” KnowsYearsArtWholeBigsBrotherTenDoctorsJazzRaisedSingersPianoOur FamilyMy BrotherOperaTwelveBig ThingsCousinBassJazz MusicWhole FamilySaxophoneMy CousinAustriaOpera Singers Author:Matt Snell
“Most people aren't raised to be hated. We're all raised to be loved. We want to be loved. We're told to do things to be loved and appreciated and liked. We're raised, don't offend anybody, be nice. Everybody wants total acceptance. Everybody wants respect. Everybody wants to be loved, and so when you learn that what you do is going to engender hatred you have to learn to accept that as a sign of success.” PeopleWantAcceptingNiceAcceptanceHatredRaisedHatedBeing NiceAppreciated Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In matter-ism (materialism), there can be nothing wrong with the world since there is no right way for the world to be in the first place. Everything is just matter in motion and that's that. In Mind-ism (monism) there's a different route to the same problem. There cannot be a problem of evil, even in principle, since in Mind-ism even morality is maya; illusion. In neither story, then (if we're to be consistent with their principles), can the issue of evil be raised. But in real life the problem comes up all the time. That's the difficulty.” IfsWorldWayMindFirstsDifferentRealMatterStoriesProblemEvilPrinciplesIssuesMoralityIllusionDifficultyRaisedCome UpReal LifeConsistentMaterialismRoutesRight WayIsmsProblem Of EvilMaya Illusion Author:Greg Koukl
“I was raised to be a very strong and independent woman without anybody ever saying the word feminist or having any political conversation.” PoliticalStrongConversationIndependentRaisedFeministVery StrongIndependent Women Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Malcolm X finally became the person he was meant and raised to be. He fought against the forces of racism to return to that. Malcolm wanted to inspire other people to find their own strength.” PeoplePersonsWantedForceInspireReturnRacismRaisedInspire Others Author:Kekla Magoon
“We have already reprogrammed the way men are raised, and we have done that drastically, I think. That's what I mean when I talk about the chickification of everything.” ThinkingMenWayMeanDoneRaised Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We have been in the process of reprogramming men and the way they are raised for a long time.” MenWayLongHas BeensProcessLong TimeRaised Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Modern-era feminists believe that there is no inherent difference in men and women, that it's all the way they're raised.” MenWayBelieveDifferencesModernMen And WomenRaisedFeministErasInherentModern Era Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We have long had emigration in Ireland. But the nature of emigration has changed. With ferries to Britain and the continent, as well as air travel, emigration isn't the cutoff it used to be. In addition, some of our young people are being educated to levels beyond our present capacity to provide the jobs they are qualified to do. So they go abroad. Many want to come back, especially when they have children they would want to be raised in the Irish society and in the Irish educational system.” PeopleWantWellsChildrenLongJobsYoungUsedLevelsCuttingAirChangedCapacityRaisedEducationalEducatedUsed To BeBritainIrelandContinentsQualifiedEducational SystemAir TravelFerryEmigration Author:Mary Robinson
“I don't want to succumb to the idea that for the generation, or generations, raised on television, the text is irrelevant or so intimidating that they won't deal with it. If you teach, you see this is not true. It may be that newer generations do not worship the text as some of their elders do.” IfsWantMayIdeasDealsTeachGenerationsTelevisionWorshipRaisedIrrelevantEldersIntimidating Author:Adrienne Rich
“Young people have been educated and raised to believe that that aspect of our history disqualifies America from ever being anything that you can justify, from ever being anything great, from ever being anything with any goodness in it, that the United States is forever blemished.” PeopleBelieveHas BeensStatesAmericaYoungUnitedUnited StatesForeverGoodnessAspectRaisedEducatedJustify Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you've been preached to, if you've been educated, if you've been raised to believe that America is the most racist, the most disgustingly vile nation in the history of the world, and you are white, then you can inoculate yourself. You can immunize yourself from being associated with that aspect of American history because you are white, by becoming anti-American, anti-this and anti-that.” IfsWorldBelieveAmericaNationsWhiteBecomingAspectRaisedEducatedRacistAmerican HistoryWorld HistoryAnti-american Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I was raised a right-wing Republican and was about eighteen when I had to admit to myself that in regards to the great domestic crucible of the day, civil rights and racial justice, conservatives were on the wrong side historically and morally, and that it took too much intellectual and psychological jujitsu to pretend otherwise. I didn't want to pretend anymore; I wanted to be on the right side.” WantWantedSidesJusticeToo MuchRightsRepublicanIntellectualRegardWingsRaisedPsychologicalCivil RightsRight WingEighteenRacial JusticeCrucible Author:Steve Erickson