286 Quotes About Adopted

  • Author Stephen Green
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    You've vested authority in your executive director. Two minutes ago when you adopted those bylaws, you empowered him.

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  • Author Tess Gerritsen
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    While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over where the TV characters go from there. As Janet once put it, I'm the birth mother, but she's the mother who adopted them, and now that Jane and Maura are living in her house, they have to do what she tells them to do.

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  • Author Anina Henderson
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    We are in tears. We are devastated that we lost her. We are responsible for her. We adopted her. You promise to give her a good home and look what happened.

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  • Author Charlie Higley
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    We found that to be unfortunate, that the commission adopted a (profit level) higher than its own staff recommended.

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  • Author John Hodgson
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    Looking ahead, we see the Bluetooth market continuing to expand. The 'attach rate' in mobile phones is increasing both as the demand for hands free calling grows and as mobile phones increasingly move into services such as music streaming and gaming. Bluetooth is also being adopted in the wider electronic goods markets and in new application sectors such as automotive and consumer.

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  • Author Larry Harvey
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    I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.

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  • Author Lleyton Hewitt
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    In practice he's always been a great player, where he's very flashy and, you know, doesn't take it all seriously the whole time. Whereas I think he's adopted that a little more in his matches. It may pay off for him.

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