Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to ‘the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the use of speech.

The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it’s very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.

It’s very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

Growing up in downtown New York City in the ’80s, we were ensconced in art and progressive thinking,Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we – kids and grown-ups – all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator. We never felt patronized.

I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.

My mom was a single mother, raising my sister and me. My mom has an incredible talent for living in the world without traditional structure, and her friend, who was in advertising, put me in a commercial when I was five. It was just to make money.

The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas.

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool’s option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn’t raised a fool.

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one’s children just because they are one’s children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.

Some of these kids are spending more time with the coaches than they are with their parents. The coach is supposed to be raising these kids, not belittling them and talking to them like the world is coming to an end.

Death belongs to life as birth does The walk is in the raising of the foot as in the laying of it down.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don’t want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.

The key to happiness? Lowering your expectations and raising your snack game.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.