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Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation. Christine Pelosi

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I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised. Dean Smith

Believe Praised Praising Which Deserves

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round. Edmund Waller

Circle Exactly Abound Praised Round

I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells. Gail Sheehy

Experience Book Having Had Praised Sell Sells Then

There are the tears of rage when books get praised when they're so obviously garbage. But then there are so many more that continue to move me: the end of 'Paradise Lost,' 'The Ruined Cottage' by Wordsworth, Prospero's 'Our revels now are ended' speech near the end of 'The Tempest.' Geoff Dyer

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Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy. George Edward Woodberry

Thought Has-Been Shakespeare More Poetry More Than Anything Except Mortal Praised Been His Fame Itself Than Anything Eulogy English

I've praised Obama's record on same-sex equality as enthusiastically as anyone: it's one area where his record has been impressive. I understand, and have expressed, the emotional importance for LGBT Americans of his marriage announcement as well as its political significance. Glenn Greenwald

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It's always nice to be praised, and insofar as a prize is a form of praise, you're glad when you get it. Howard Jacobson

You Nice Insofar Glad Always Praise Praised Prize Get Form

I've always gotten credit for being a big man who doesn't want to shoot threes. Throughout my entire basketball career prior to coming to the NBA, I was praised for doing that. Jahlil Okafor

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Now God be praised, I will die in peace. James Wolfe

God Peace Will Praised Die Now

Copy editors are very important and too rarely praised. Jane Lindskold

Important Too Rarely Editors Praised Very Copy

White people have always slipped in and out of the experiences of people of color and been praised extravagantly for it. Jenny Zhang

People White Out Color Always Praised Been Experiences

A lot of people of color in the music industry are still more interested in embracing things that are considered white canon, and looking radical. Like when people point to punk in the indie world: If you point to the history of punk as what you see as your legacy, that's more prized and praised. Kelela

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Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised. Lenny Kravitz

Beatles Oasis Take Stuff Praised Get Just Influenced Then Actually

Being praised constantly weakens you. Luis Enrique

You Weakens Constantly Praised Being

When a woman shouts, she isn't usually praised for it. She's condemned as aggressive and coarse. Michelle Dean

Woman Aggressive She Praised Condemned Coarse

In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in 2009 President Obama was praised for reversing it, even though his decision was arguably just as political. Nancy Gibbs

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The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle. Nelson Mandela

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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. Oliver Goldsmith

Marriage Wife Husband Praised Pitied Wants Little Really Appreciated

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions. Oliver Stone

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