#elevate

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind. ↗

— Washington Irving

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Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does it well and triumphs. ↗

— Dan Savage

#arms #choir #discourse #does #elevates

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. ↗

— Mark Strand

#been #course #elevated #into #life

Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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Music can elevate man to new heights. Especially elevator music. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#man #music #music

Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment. ↗

— Randy Castillo

#just #levels #like #music #new

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#friendship #level #love #mutual

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#actions #amongst #ballot #ballot box #box

I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director. ↗

— Famke Janssen

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