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There's a book called 'The Shack' - it had a lot to do with me coming full circle, meeting my birth mother. Awhile back, my birth mom and my adopted mom came to my show together, and it was pretty surreal. Rodney Atkins

I grew up in a family that had young people adopted from all over the world. Ronan Farrow

Family People World Young Adopted Had Over Up Grew Young People

I have three adopted children with Phil, and for years I was fighting in court with him over being able to see my kids. I was always going back and forth to California, going to court, and I was never able to get a project going. Ronnie Spector

My husband and I adopted our children through a private agency, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. As a nonprofit organization, it relies on client fees as well as donor support to do its work. Rumaan Alam

Work Organization Husband Our Adopted Through Support Fees Well Client Nonprofit Private Families Donor Children Agency Services

England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others... I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens... I adopted them passionately. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Me World Made Own Others Thomas Charles Charles Dickens Adopted My Own Having Absorb Opened George Passionately Dickens Up Loved Literature Them Really England Hardy

I just always lived in stories in my head. I believed I was a Martian princess until I was 10. I believed I was never going to die, and I'd been adopted and put on Earth because there was a war... and still sometimes, as I get older, I hope for my immortal life on Mars. Sarah Pinborough

Life War Hope Sometimes Older Earth Immortal Mars Martian Adopted Never Put Head Princess Until Because Always Still Been Get Die Going Just Stories Lived Believed

We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents. Sergei Lavrov

Behavior Problems Parents Other Other Countries States Kids Russians Adopted General Adoption Only Part Written Countries Looked Been Discovered Subject Very American Reports Unfortunate United United States Basis

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home. Taslima Nasrin

Home India Adopted Return Motherland Bangladesh Want Either Ever

The viral power of online media has proven how fast creative ideas can be spread and adopted, using tools like cellphones, digital cameras, micro-credit, mobile banking, Facebook, and Twitter. A perfect example? The way the Green Movement in Iran caught fire thanks to social media. Tina Brown

Creative Facebook Social Media Digital Example Fire Power Thanks Twitter Viral Tools Way Facebook And Twitter Adopted Online Perfect Perfect Example Like Ideas How Caught Spread Proven Cameras Iran Mobile Green Banking Movement Social Using Media Fast

President Obama has adopted a practice of picking and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. In most cases, his laws of choice conveniently coincide with his administration's political agenda. Tom Rice

Political Practice President President Obama Obama Administration Cases Adopted Laws He Picking Most Political Agenda His Conveniently Wants Which Agenda Enforce Choice Choosing Coincide

I do have the most adorable little Chihuahua mix. I adopted him about 3 1/2 years ago from Much Love pet adoption, and he has been the love of my life ever since. His name is Beau, or as my sister and I like to call him ' mushy mush' because he truly is just a pile of loving mush that just melts in your arms. Torrey DeVitto

Life Love Pet My Life Sister Has-Been About Adopted Adoption Adorable He Beau Since Name Like Most Arms Call Him Because Pile Mix Been His Years Years Ago Truly Chihuahua Just Loving Little Much Your Ever Mush

I'm an adopted Mancunian. This city has grown on me. I have a wife from Manchester and have three kids who think they are more Mancuniuan than anything else, which is a problem I need to address! Vincent Kompany

Me Problem Wife Three Think Else Address Kids City Adopted More Than Manchester Anything Anything Else Which Who Grown Need

For many years, when still a Yugoslav citizen, I was already a Swiss patriot, and in 1959, I obtained Swiss citizenship. However, I consider myself a world citizen, and I am very grateful to my adopted country that it allows me to be one. Vladimir Prelog

Myself Me Grateful World Citizen Country Consider Citizenship Adopted Obtained Am Still However Years Very Patriot Many Swiss

We have adopted zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. We have not fed biryani to terrorists. Yogi Adityanath

Terrorism Adopted Fed Policy Terrorists Against

The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style. Zack Wheat

The industrial world enjoys a rare combination of growth and low inflation; the 'Washington consensus,' a model of economic development that emphasizes macroeconomic discipline and open markets, is being adopted by more countries. Zanny Minton Beddoes

I find myself increasingly forced to think of my ethnic identity instead of the national identity I adopted as a boy in 1976. That is discomfiting for me, and a tragedy for America. Max Boot

Myself Me National Think Increasingly Find Adopted Instead Identity Forced Boy Tragedy National Identity America Ethnic

Probably every band - you get back to like, The Stones are kind of the tough guys, Beatles are kind of psychedelic, Led Zeppelin was kinda mystical, The Who are kind of mods. You know, you just go right through. Everyone's kind of adopted their so-called persona or flavor if you will. Kyle Gass

You Beatles Will Tough Band Every Back Everyone Kind Kinda Adopted Guys Through Mystical Like Know Go Led Led Zeppelin Persona Get Stones Psychedelic Just So-Called The Who Flavor Who Zeppelin Right

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future. Mitt Romney

I think every person either inherits or eventually makes up their own idea of what they are and who they are and what caused the world to be, and it seems to me that these stories of creation myth, adopted by different cultures - most of them are less insightful than the stories made up by individual poets and writers. Marvin Minsky

Me World Made Myth Own Creation Every Think I Think Insightful Seems Adopted Poets Individual Writers Idea Most Makes Caused Cultures Up Than Person Different Stories Either Different Cultures Them Less Who Eventually

My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist. apl.de.ap

Me Philippines Drive Adopted Given Motivation America Artist Being

Being adopted was my motivation to help others by first becoming successful. apl.de.ap

First Help Others Others Adopted Becoming Motivation Being Successful Help

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household. Louis Gossett, Jr.

Father Adopted He Household Italian Up Grew

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