Once you have [a vision], the fundraising follows.
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ELISABETH ELLIOT We have a very aggressive fundraising schedule in Montana and elsewhere in 2006.
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BOB PRANGA Amy Pond: 'I thought... well, I started to think you were just a madman with a box.'
The Doctor...
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ANN BOCHLER When you're fundraising for a venture fund, you're supposed to not talk.
CHRIS SACCA You fail to see the endless sky when you have a tunnel vision
SUBHAM DWIVEDI To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what...
PETER NIVIO ZARLENGA Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea...
DEYTH BANGER It's going to be very expensive. We still have a lot of fundraising to do.
JUDY AYDELOTT Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.
ROBERT H. GODDARD If you have a vision, do something with it.
ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO We thought Amy could win. There was no more courageous person than Amy.
GREG KRAFT Amy gave us a big lift.
OSCAR CHILABATO They're in a fundraising mode right now.
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THE DHAMMAPADA Amy: Up.
Rory: What good's up?
Amy: Better than down.
-Doctor Who
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try keeping your heart sane.
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the mind usually fol...
NEENA H BRAR That's a concern, ... is very tough on the cost of fundraising.
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AMY KING I try to do yoga once a week.
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DR. PHILIP ROSENFELD It involves a huge fundraising and grant-writing (campaign).
ALAN DEBOER Fundraising is an extreme sport!
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BLACK ELK So aint you think just causen you in this car now means any damn thing. It aint. He pretending it do...
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PETER NIVIO ZARLENGA Mind always follows what you feed.
ARVIND MEHTA By the end of May, we'll assess whether we have enough lead donor participation to warrant going int...
JEAN HAGAN With these homes, there's no green space. They're building on the entire lot. They'll change the who...
LIVIA LANDRY I mean, look at her. Any idiot, you know, would quite taken with Amy.
VINCE GILL Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?
AMY HARMON We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision. You gotta have a BIG vision to know what yo...
UNKNOWN WRITER The vision is to have a strong public system, the vision is to make sure that there's health care wh...
IRIS EVANS You may have the greatest vision, plans or goals as you may term it. You can call it Vison 2020, Vis...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Whatever you do in your worldly life, is all worldly vision. Until the line of demarcation (between ...
DADA BHAGWAN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON Fundraising is not going too badly.
BONNIE BRADY I prefer building rather than fundraising.
TRAVIS KALANICK Fundraising is very, very time-consuming.
ARLEN SPECTER When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.
NICK CASSAVETES I've lost the TARDIS as well.'
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JOHN BYRNE You have to see the pattern, understand the order and experience the vision.
MICHAEL E. GERBER I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We...
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RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN There is a sense of urgency with our fundraising right now.
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GAIL MARIE MACLEAN We believe in organizing and fundraising first.
JANE HEATH I need your (the community) help to make this event a successful fundraising night.
AUSTIN WEINERMAN But Amy," Elder says. "Space suits!
BETH REVIS Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.
SHELBY STEELE The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
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AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel...
AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
AMY SEDARIS I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd ge...
AMY SEDARIS I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff ...
AMY SEDARIS We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
AMY SEDARIS My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea m...
AMY SEDARIS I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.
AMY SEDARIS I got this second chance at life, and I live it.
AMY PURDY