Dhani Harrison
Musician
"In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation."
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Supportive
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Peter Russell
Author
"As the proportion of people reaching higher states of consciousness increases, this inertia will decrease, and at the same time a supportive momentum in the new direction will start building up."
Stedman Graham
Author, Educator
"To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy."
Paulo Coelho
Writer
"Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs."
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
"I can help the next generation remember the lineage of great companies here and how to continue the tradition. The Valley has been very supportive of me. I should do my best to repay."
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"I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me."
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"Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing."
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"I am very blessed to have a great group of long-term friends and a huge family that has been very loving and supportive. I try to stay connected to that and contribute as much as I can."
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"Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube."
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"While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance."
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"My father has always been supportive of my individuality."
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"Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life."
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"This is life. Our bodies change. Our minds change. Our hearts change. Things are always evolving. I hope we can be supportive of each other and try to really have each other's backs, especially when we don't know the whole story."
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"I always make special notes about evidence that contridicts me: supportive evidence I can remember without trying."
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"... a supportive husband is an absolute requirement for professional women.... He is something she looks for, and when she finds him, she marries him."
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"My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have such supportive parents."
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"In the Munich agreement in late 1938 [Franklin] Roosevelt sent his chief adviser Sumner Welles, who came back with a very supportive statement saying that Hitler was someone we could really do business with and so on."
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"A friend is like a good bra: hard to find, comfortable, supportive, always lifts you up, makes you look better, never lets you down or leaves you hanging, and always close to your heart."
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"I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others."
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"Steven's [Sebring] presence was not threatening; he told me that if I never wanted the footage to be seen by anyone, he would give it to me. So I had nothing to lose and everything to gain, and what I gained was his supportive energy and the supportive energy of his wife, who was sometimes the one schlepping the equipment or doing the sound."
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"I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal - because I'm not hiding anything from them."
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"There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life."
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"Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped."
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"I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine."
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"I'm lucky to have so many supportive, inspirational people in my life."
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