There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so.
Fashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are.
I get letters from little girls begging me to adopt them.
My wife and I have never been able to have kids of our own. Physically, it’s impossible. The doctor checked. So we tend to unofficially adopt lots of twenty-somethings. I have a real soft spot in my heart for youth.
Some women just skip having babies or adopt because they don’t want to get fat or they haven’t put in the time to find a partner. It’s great to adopt, but a lot of adoptions are motivated by vanity and laziness.
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.
My fantasy would be to adopt a bulldog from bulldog rescue and a big old mutt from North Shore Animal Shelter.
I’ve wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.
My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more.
There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.
People end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles. And more often than not, they come here.
And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn’t want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn’t have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
I used to think this notion of preaching to the choir was a problem, and we kind of use it in a bit of a pejorative sense… but I’ve actually grown to adopt that perspective that the choir needs good preaching – they need good information. They need good tools and insight.
In New Jersey, judges have ruled that a same-sex couple or a single person applying to adopt must be given the same place in line as a married man and woman. I think that’s bad for kids. This makes me homophobic? I’m in show business. Half the people in my life are gay.
Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
If bigots oppose gay marriage so vehemently, it must be because marriage is a defining institution for them; gays will never be fully accepted until they can marry and adopt, like anyone else.
School districts in the US don’t adopt technology very quickly.
Persuading employees to let go of old values and beliefs and adopt new ones can be challenging.
Now that our mother has died, we’re two orphans, Angie and I, so she has a deep understanding of the orphans she adopts.
The first book was called ‘Oh My Dog,’ and it’s kind of a whole huge resource book on when you go adopt a dog to the dog’s final days.
I basically started to adopt the mentality of, I’m going to say what I’m going to say. I’m not going to apologize about it. At the very least, y’all are going to know what I’m thinking.
I’ll start with one healthy kid, but I’d like to have a few naturally and adopt.
In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn’t pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.
I am in favour of a different Europe, where each state can adopt its fiscal and monetary system.
Technology companies tend to operate in winner-take-all spaces and thus adopt a very high-commitment culture.
The global e-learning online market is on fire. Organizations which feel left out of this non-linear world of opportunities are seeing the need to adopt this new way of lifelong learning.
Any concerns that Romney will adopt McCain’s milquetoast campaign model are quickly diminishing.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
The Chinese are welcome to invest in industries in Malaysia. But just as we would not welcome mass immigration of Indians or Pakistanis or Europeans or Africans into Malaysia, we have to adopt the same stance on Chinese immigration into Malaysia.
If you want to get a dog, please adopt. I know a lot of people want these fancy breeds, but I think it’s better to adopt, because there are so many amazing dogs.
Enterprises are just starting to adopt and integrate the iPad into their networks, but this is accelerating, and that’s an opportunity for Infosys.
Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.
While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed his party members to never publicly criticize another Republican.
I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool.
I tell my boyfriend that… we should get a ranch so we can just adopt all the dogs that need homes, and they can just run around all day.
Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn’t it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?
On the whole, I find that it is best to adopt as far as possible the travelling equipments of the country in which one travels. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if anything goes wrong or wears out, it can be repaired or replaced.
It will be interesting to see if Seoul’s urban vocabulary of numerous, ever-present interactive screens will translate to other cities such as Beijing, London, and New York. It will also be intriguing to see if smaller cities and towns adopt aspects of Seoul’s screen culture throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.
What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech.
I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped.
I’ve been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.
