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People have a lot of control over their ability to rise to the occasion and to show their best or their aspirational selves.
Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.
Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
The rise of digital technologies has eroded boundaries: Anyone can participate, start a business, and reach a global audience.
One of the best movies of the year was 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' That's not just an action movie - it's a prison film.
When the federal government imposes a mandate on the states or supersedes a state policy, conservatives often rise in protest.
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.
Trump's rise to power, fueled by hatred and portending crisis, threatens to eviscerate our constitutional system of government.
Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.
The irony of the political rise of the plutocrats is that, like Venice's oligarchs, they threaten the system that created them.
My books start almost before I realise it. Once in a while, some accident causes an idea to rise to the surface and say: 'now.'
I get a lot of email, so if you're sending me an email, if you want to rise above the clutter, put something on it: say, 'Hey!'
I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come to me, to rise slowly in my mind.
The rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria has been a disaster for the public image of Islam - and a boon for the Islamophobia industry.
I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.
There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in the sky.
History suggests the 2010s will give rise to a super-unicorn or two that reflect the key tech wave of the decade, the mobile web.
Seeing Jay Z's just a great example of somebody who comes from a ghetto to rise to where he's at. I think... he done a great job.
There will be no shortage of iron-ore, even in 2020, when Indian steel production is projected to rise to 100-million tons a year.
I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.
Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.
The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.
The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.
Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.
President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.
I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going no matter what.
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.
There's challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.
The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.
One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies.
The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.
You won't often find me in a pair of killer heels: my heel height doesn't rise above two and a half inches, as I would just fall over!
If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.
I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life.
You have to be good. And keep getting better. For every writer taken on, another is dropped. A paradox: you have to rise to stay level.
When the market is just going up, up, and up, we all tend to be blind to the holes in the market. They're all papered over by the rise.
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.
'Mi Gente' is a song that embodies a special moment in music - a new sound of a Latino culture on the rise and being embraced globally.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
We have a rise of extremism because we need to give a sense that we are targeting some of the deeper problems in Greece, the injustices.
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
Let us rise to the call of freedom-loving blood that is in us, and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South.
But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.
In spite of its relatively nascent rise in popularity, tea joints across the country are romanticized, quite like beer pubs in the West.
I came from a very poor family. And I was able to rise up and actually win an Academy Award. And if I can do it, then any kid can do it.