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You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
Raise your auto and home deductibles to $1,000 or more, and your premium cost falls at least 10 percent.
I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.
How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things?
Yes. I don't think it would be appropriate at this point to raise taxes on anyone, certainly not in 2011.
I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.
I went to India with UNICEF in connection with Manchester United to raise money for children's education.
We wear 'Autism' on our shorts to raise awareness and show support for other families dealing with autism.
My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
I love watching my brothers raise their kids and not have to do it for myself and have the responsibility.
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.
If you're a young couple when you start out and are both working, trying to raise children, that is tough.
I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.
I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.
At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.
I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.
If you haven't gotten a raise in the past couple years for a job well done, it might be time to ask for one.
I always encourage employees to feel free to raise any issues that prevent them from getting good work done.
We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.
We will try to raise awareness in Europe for the special situation and the special security needs of Israel.
Sweden is a good country to raise a family in because there is an equality there I don't feel in the States.
The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.
The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.
I did not come to Washington to raise the electricity rates by as much as $40 per month as this plan would do.
I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the level of chess.
With tech startups, it's all loose-goosie. You raise money as you go, often from friends, family and investors.
To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
If people expect high inflation and raise wages to reflect the high inflation, then it becomes self-fulfilling.
A strong and dedicated mentor can help a young woman get her foot in the door, get a promotion and get a raise.
I'm not the voice of reason; I'm more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.
You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.
It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
I once tried to raise two tomato plants, and they died in spite of the fact I fertilized them every morning. Duh.
I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls.
I don't know of a single economist who disagrees that when you raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor.
Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good.
My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.
I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.
You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?'
To have a baby, raise him and educate him, is something very valuable. But we, as a society, don't see it that way.
In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
You cannot go out and say, oh, I am going to raise all this spending, but it's not going to cost anybody any money.
I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper most of the time.