286 Quotes About Adopted
- Author Jon Voight
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Angelina adopted a Cambodian baby. I'm a grandfather today.
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- Author Ann Widdecombe
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It is only by maintaining the current law and making it the norm that adoption takes place by married couples and stability for an adopted child can be achieved.
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- Author Ann Wilson
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I'm a single mum and my daughter came from a really potentially tragic situation. If I had not adopted her she was kind of like a lost lamb.
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- Author Benjamin Wright
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What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive. The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone's intent to comply. It could be an X, a thumbprint, or even your company letterhead. The legal issue has always hinged on what you intend.
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- Author Benjamin Wright
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What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive, ... The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone's intent to comply. It could be an X, a thumbprint, or even your company letterhead. The legal issue has always hinged on what you intend.
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- Author Binyavanga Wainaina
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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.
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- Author Gary Woods
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It was in the Christian spirit. They just contacted us and kind of adopted us,
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- Author Harlan Watson
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The text that was adopted recognizes the diversity of approaches.
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