Adoption

Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father

Adoption

"The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain understanding of the people of the United States at the time of its adoption - a meaning to be found in the explanations of those who advocated, not those who opposed it, and who opposed it merely lest the construction should be applied which they denounced as possible."

People Understanding Adoption

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Katie Davis Author

Adoption

"Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world."

Broken Tragedy Adoption

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Fred Wilson Artist, Curator

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"Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook."

Games Clever Adoption

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Michael Reagan Political Commentator, Author

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"My adoption was treated as a celebration."

Adoption Celebration Treated

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Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun

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"We are fighting abortion through adoption."

Fighting Abortion Adoption

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist

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"At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead the way, which happened with the steam engine and some other things, although with energy, the time of adoption is a lot longer than it is with, say, IT products or even medical advances, like drugs and vaccines."

Drug Vaccines Adoption

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist

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"Software was changing so fast, so unbelievable, that that got very quick adoption."

Adoption Software Unbelievable

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader

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"God has blessed me with the mission to place nonviolence before the nation for adoption."

God Blessed Adoption

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Henry Ford Industrialist

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"At that point the child is eligible for adoption and can be placed with a family that can love the child and can raise the child."

Children Adoption Raises

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Joan Didion Author, Essayist

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"I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else."

Problem Adoption Abandoned

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author

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"The nature of spiritual awakening is frequently misunderstood. The adoption of spiritual beliefs, seeing visions of God or celestial beings, the ability to channel, to heal, to foretell the future, or other paranormal powers - all such phenomena are of value and are not to be dismissed, but none of them is in itself indicative of spiritual awakening in a person who experiences them."

Spiritual Misunderstood Adoption

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author

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"The productivity of people requires continuous learning, as the Japanese have taught us. It requires adoption in the West of the specific Japanese Zen concept where one learns to do better what one already does well."

People Taught Us Adoption

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Tis often seen Adoption strives with nature; and choice breeds A native slip to us from foreign lands."

Choices Land Adoption

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

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"As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The adoption of a noble sentiment, or the insertion of a borrowed ornament, may sometimes display so much judgment as will almost compensate for invention; and an inferior genius may, without any imputation of servility, pursue the paths of the ancients, provided he declines to tread in their footsteps."

Writing Adoption Ornaments

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author

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"The supreme duty of the Nation is the conservation of human resources through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We pledge ourselves to work unceasingly in State and Nation for ... the protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irregular employment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to American use."

Home Justice Adoption

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Tim Ferriss Author, Entrepreneur, Podcaster

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"I started using Twitter about year after its very early adoption and ended up investing in it around that same time. I'm involved with the Tech scene and companies ranging from Facebook, Stumbleupon and Twitter."

Years Investing Adoption

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Scott Simon Journalist

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"Adoption is rewarding. But the process, as we have already detailed in some particulars, can be expensive, exhausting, and hard to sustain on a dream, much less a whim."

Dream Process Adoption

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Katie Davis Author

Adoption

"Adoption is wonderful and beautiful and the greatest blessing I have ever experienced. Adoption is also difficult and painful. Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption."

Beautiful Blessing Adoption

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician

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"[The adoption of the Constitution] will demonstrate as visibly the finger of Providence as any possible event in the course of human affairs can ever designate it."

Events Constitution Adoption

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