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We only declare war on nation-states, iSIS wants to be considered a state but it is not a state and I refuse to elevate it to that standing.

– Marco Rubio

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

His strategy is that he will leave Iran with the capability of having nuclear material, but will impose an inspection regime that will make it irrelevant. Obama also wants to elevate Iran to the position of regional policeman in the Middle East, responsible for regional stability. This policy is so far-fetched that any student of Middle East studies would understand it is like hallucinating!

– Eytan Gilboa

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

One of the things we wanted to do was elevate the experience and allow people to appreciate it like a great bottle of wine.

– Jerry Toth

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

What we need to do is, elevate the conversation to the professional research scientist/engineer level, at the moment, the action on this front appears to be with private groups in France and Chile who have agreed to cooperate in the open investigation of UFOs. I wish them well in the coming years.

– Larry Lemke

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This is an important step that shows how we can work together to elevate our relationship.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The mind holds a specific image of who we currently are, not who we are yet to become. Subconscious fears change since it can't fathom life as the new-self. In that, it will fight, create stories, excuses and limiting theories on why one should remain where they are. Why would it do such a thing? Because it's what it knows. It knows it exists in the current reality and has no guarantees that it will exist in the new one. It also knows you (its host) is alive with the current reality and has no guarantees if you will be alive if you make the transition to the new one. Just trust in that you're enabling in the divine will of the universe to unfold in order to move the world forward. Yes, your work will elevate the level of human consciousness. That is how important you are!

– Ahmed Korayem

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

– Henry David Thoreau

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13 years ago

Love is blind. It will take over your mind. What you think is love, is truly not. You need to elevate your mind.

– Eve

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14 years ago

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

– Denis Diderot

added by anonymous
14 years ago

It is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate man and enrich his nature. but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

– Albert Einstein

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14 years ago

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