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Their academic and professional future is important to me and the entire Clark Atlanta University family. We care about Florida AM University students and want to lighten Florida AM University students individual and family's financial load so they can continue their journey in pursuing and attaining their educational and professional goals. – George T. French Jr.	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We understand these past two academic years have been emotionally and financially difficult on students and their families due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is why we will continue to do all we can to support their efforts to complete their CAU education, their academic and professional future is important to me and the entire Clark Atlanta University family. We care about students and want to lighten their individual and family's financial load so they can continue their journey in pursuing and attaining their educational and professional goals. – George T. French Jr.	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our internal light has the power to lighten up this whole world. – Purvi Raniga	added by Purviraniga 3 years ago
Things feel really grim right now, so we printed up the signs to give people something to smile about. People are coming into the church to worship and celebrate, but they're worried about getting sick or making someone else sick. Everyone's wearing masks and giving each other space. It's all stuff we aren't accustomed to at all so this just helps lighten the mood. – Ray Cannata	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen? — On the contrary, I affirm that there is no country in the world in which the poor are more idle, dissolute, drunken, and insolent. The day you passed that act, you took away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependance on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty. – Benjamin Franklin	added by Normando 4 years ago
You know, I was trying to lighten the mood. – Jimmy Kimmel	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Every Sunday, I play mahjong with my siblings, it encourages communication. When people don't have enough communication with each other, mahjong can lighten the mood. – Ho Sau Mei	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I think the policy is fine, i think we should lighten up a little bit about the importance of phone calls and signals that may or may not have been sent. I think policy is pretty stable and the Chinese relationship is very important. – Marine Corps General Jim Jones	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
This idea is not going to have much impact if so much traffic is going bumper-to-bumper, but as traffic lights lighten up, people will have a much smoother journey. – Mr Smith	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
In peak hour you’re having to stop at traffic lights and wait two cycles for it to turn green, this idea is not going to have much impact if so much traffic is going bumper-to-bumper, but as traffic lights lighten up, people will have a much smoother journey. – Mr Smith	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
If someone is that good at playing a musical instrument, that, in itself, is like another language. So, you've just allowed that child to move to the next level. Danielle’s older sister created a plastic device to help hold her bow for her viola, which has one string less than a violin. The plastic device has helped, but she still needs more flexibility. Christopher has an assistive device to play the cello, but he said it's a little too heavy. Giavedoni plans to remake Danielle’s device by using a mold of her wrist and hand, and he’ll lighten Christopher’s device. For us, it's being able to let these kids show other kids and adults that ‘Don't look at me for what I don't have. Look at all the great things I can do,’. – Dale Fairchild	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Trump is not going to be president because he says these things that turns people off, for crying out loud, we're two days before Christmas. Lighten up man. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We can lighten the load a little bit so they can have a little more time getting to know their babies and bond. – Barbara Heid	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It appears Paulson was astute to lighten up some before the July plunge, they may have been part of the massive liquidation in July too. – Mike McGlone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The average time for the California Supreme Court to decide these death penalty appeal cases is about 15 years, but some cases have lasted 20 to 25 years, other states with the death penalty, like Texas, have an intermediate court of criminal appeals to handle the direct appeals and lighten the caseload for those states' courts of last resort. – Paula Mitchell	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The people of Okinawa are bearing a heavy burden for security with the concentration of U.S. bases, we will continue to make every effort to lighten your burden. – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I strongly call on the government to not be bound by stubborn concerns and to change their policies to lighten our burden. – Takeshi Onaga	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A lot of investors have piled into the energy sector. It's time to leave, they're going back down again. That's an unsustainable rise, investors would be wise to lighten up, if not totally exit energy stocks for now. – Norman Levine	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The unrelenting rally in European shares continues, helped by the weak euro and improving economic data. There is no reason right now to lighten up and I continue to be a buyer. – Lex Van Dam	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The unrelenting rally in European shares continues, helped by the weak euro and improving economic data. There is no reason right now to lighten up, and I continue to be a buyer. – Lex Van Dam	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
At the time of the bid, it's true that we pledged to keep close 80 percent of the venues within an 8 km radius to lighten the burden on athletes, but as we've looked further into the venues from the aspect of cost and the impact on the lives of people in Tokyo and in Japan, the need to rethink this has emerged. – Hisahiro Sugiura	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Sir Howard is among the finest directors I've ever served with, his understanding of global economics, risk, and their impact on global financial institutions is invaluable. He also brings a wonderful wit that can lighten a moment in just the right manner. – Erskine Bowles	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
O'Reilly is an entertainer and everything he does is totally subjective, including his memories, to attack him is simply to increase his ratings and the sales of his phenomenally popular books. Lighten up, everybody. – Sally Quinn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery. – Thomas Traherne	added by anonymous 9 years ago

Their academic and professional future is important to me and the entire Clark Atlanta University family. We care about Florida AM University students and want to lighten Florida AM University students individual and family's financial load so they can continue their journey in pursuing and attaining their educational and professional goals.

– George T. French Jr.

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We understand these past two academic years have been emotionally and financially difficult on students and their families due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is why we will continue to do all we can to support their efforts to complete their CAU education, their academic and professional future is important to me and the entire Clark Atlanta University family. We care about students and want to lighten their individual and family's financial load so they can continue their journey in pursuing and attaining their educational and professional goals.

– George T. French Jr.

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our internal light has the power to lighten up this whole world.

– Purvi Raniga

added by Purviraniga
3 years ago

Things feel really grim right now, so we printed up the signs to give people something to smile about. People are coming into the church to worship and celebrate, but they're worried about getting sick or making someone else sick. Everyone's wearing masks and giving each other space. It's all stuff we aren't accustomed to at all so this just helps lighten the mood.

– Ray Cannata

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen? — On the contrary, I affirm that there is no country in the world in which the poor are more idle, dissolute, drunken, and insolent. The day you passed that act, you took away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependance on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty.

– Benjamin Franklin

added by Normando
4 years ago

You know, I was trying to lighten the mood.

– Jimmy Kimmel

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Every Sunday, I play mahjong with my siblings, it encourages communication. When people don't have enough communication with each other, mahjong can lighten the mood.

– Ho Sau Mei

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I think the policy is fine, i think we should lighten up a little bit about the importance of phone calls and signals that may or may not have been sent. I think policy is pretty stable and the Chinese relationship is very important.

– Marine Corps General Jim Jones

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This idea is not going to have much impact if so much traffic is going bumper-to-bumper, but as traffic lights lighten up, people will have a much smoother journey.

– Mr Smith

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

In peak hour you’re having to stop at traffic lights and wait two cycles for it to turn green, this idea is not going to have much impact if so much traffic is going bumper-to-bumper, but as traffic lights lighten up, people will have a much smoother journey.

– Mr Smith

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

If someone is that good at playing a musical instrument, that, in itself, is like another language. So, you've just allowed that child to move to the next level. Danielle’s older sister created a plastic device to help hold her bow for her viola, which has one string less than a violin. The plastic device has helped, but she still needs more flexibility. Christopher has an assistive device to play the cello, but he said it's a little too heavy. Giavedoni plans to remake Danielle’s device by using a mold of her wrist and hand, and he’ll lighten Christopher’s device. For us, it's being able to let these kids show other kids and adults that ‘Don't look at me for what I don't have. Look at all the great things I can do,’.

– Dale Fairchild

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Trump is not going to be president because he says these things that turns people off, for crying out loud, we're two days before Christmas. Lighten up man.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We can lighten the load a little bit so they can have a little more time getting to know their babies and bond.

– Barbara Heid

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It appears Paulson was astute to lighten up some before the July plunge, they may have been part of the massive liquidation in July too.

– Mike McGlone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The average time for the California Supreme Court to decide these death penalty appeal cases is about 15 years, but some cases have lasted 20 to 25 years, other states with the death penalty, like Texas, have an intermediate court of criminal appeals to handle the direct appeals and lighten the caseload for those states' courts of last resort.

– Paula Mitchell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The people of Okinawa are bearing a heavy burden for security with the concentration of U.S. bases, we will continue to make every effort to lighten your burden.

– Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I strongly call on the government to not be bound by stubborn concerns and to change their policies to lighten our burden.

– Takeshi Onaga

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A lot of investors have piled into the energy sector. It's time to leave, they're going back down again. That's an unsustainable rise, investors would be wise to lighten up, if not totally exit energy stocks for now.

– Norman Levine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The unrelenting rally in European shares continues, helped by the weak euro and improving economic data. There is no reason right now to lighten up and I continue to be a buyer.

– Lex Van Dam

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The unrelenting rally in European shares continues, helped by the weak euro and improving economic data. There is no reason right now to lighten up, and I continue to be a buyer.

– Lex Van Dam

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

At the time of the bid, it's true that we pledged to keep close 80 percent of the venues within an 8 km radius to lighten the burden on athletes, but as we've looked further into the venues from the aspect of cost and the impact on the lives of people in Tokyo and in Japan, the need to rethink this has emerged.

– Hisahiro Sugiura

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Sir Howard is among the finest directors I've ever served with, his understanding of global economics, risk, and their impact on global financial institutions is invaluable. He also brings a wonderful wit that can lighten a moment in just the right manner.

– Erskine Bowles

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

O'Reilly is an entertainer and everything he does is totally subjective, including his memories, to attack him is simply to increase his ratings and the sales of his phenomenally popular books. Lighten up, everybody.

– Sally Quinn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

– Thomas Traherne

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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