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  • He [Barack Obama] is been boffo at fundraising - 220 fundraisers, and he raised something approaching $1 billion.

    Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
  • Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.

  • The "Great Walk to Beijing" was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer "thrivers," including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons, and Olympians.

    Cancer   Rivers   Three  
    Interview with Jessie Sholl, www.everydayhealth.com. September 29, 2008.
  • Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white, yellow, red, pink, and the subtleties of thier meaning were parsed and analyzed by the female population to no end. Mimi had always understood it thus:white for love, yellow for friendship, red for passion, and pink for a secret crush.

  • Fundraisers treat men completely differently than women. As a matter of fact, many of them have the default on their direct mail set up to read "Mister," and it really rankles a lot of women.

    Men   Mail   Matter  
  • There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, "I will do a fundraiser for that guy." And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.

    War   Iraq   Guy  
    Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. November 3, 2016.
  • Giving opens the way for receiving.

    Florence Scovel Shinn (2016). “The Game of Life and How to Play It”, p.116, Hay House, Inc
  • Life is an echo. What you send out comes back.

    FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jul 02, 2013
  • There was an embarrassing moment at a recent Democratic fundraiser. When John Kerry was handed a $10 million dollar check, he said, 'I do.'

  • I've watched towns and cities evolve and become very resilient, and fun, and unique, and prosperous on their own terms. And the secret is bridging. It's when the local church has a fun clothing swap fundraiser with a temple, and then the next year they bring in the mosque.

    Fun   Unique   Cities  
    Source: www.progressive.org
  • No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

    Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”
  • I'm writing about the things I see all around me. Growing up in Mississippi, I've seen how these backward ideas about class and race and healthcare and education and housing and racism impact everyday lives. For example, my mother wouldn't let me go to my homecoming dance because the yacht club where they were having the dance threw a fundraiser for David Duke, an ex-Klan member, when he was running for governor of Louisiana. So I grew up seeing how personal politics could be.

    Source: www.guernicamag.com
  • I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work.

    Funny   Work   Littles  
  • I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My mother ended up going to fundraisers in Chicago that were raising money to send to the students in the South and actually, over years, she went to an elevated train bus station one day at 6:00 a.m. to hand out leaflets protesting the war.

    Mother   War   Thinking  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • We're not out holding fundraisers in the Hamptons or in Beverly Hills.

    Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com
  • The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of $11.4 billion, according to the Government Accountability Institute. Selling access to the federal treasury has been a great way for Democrats to raise campaign funds. Since 1989, according to an analysis by Gateway Pundit, big donors have provided $416 million more in direct contributions to Democrats than Republicans.

  • I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.

    Ideas   Years   Support  
  • Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

    Running   Fun   School  
    Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.
  • Barack Obama said today that politics has become too gummed up by money and influence ... and then he had to leave to attend a fundraiser.

    Today   Influence   Said  
  • You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.

    Running   Home   Years  
  • The bottom feeders of the entertainment industry were never invited to presidential inaugurations. The bottom feeders of the entertainment were never used as fundraisers for presidents of the United States. They were ignored. There was always a line. They were always there, and they were always who they were, and they always did what they did. The bottom feeders have now become the standard. That's what's different.

    Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
  • I am happy to do political fundraisers. I always hope that my friends will be, too. It's part of who you are and you shouldn't feel ashamed of what you believe in.

    Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. November 3, 2016.
  • I think the fascinating - several different pieces of the [Donald] Trump psyche revealed by what happened today and one of them is this decision not to hold more fundraisers.

    Source: www.msnbc.com
  • We get several requests for contributions each year from organizations in Twin Falls. We don't have enough money in the general fund to help everyone, so we use fundraisers like this to generate money.

  • Obama has had more fundraisers than the last six presidents combined. And he's still losing in the money race!

    Race   President   Lasts  
  • I'm old enough now that I've been around and I've seen a lot more things than I had seen when I started this program 27 years. I have seen presidents in action. I have been to the White House a number of times. I have been to fundraisers. I have been seen what happens at fundraisers. I've seen how elected officials treat fundraisers and donors and, believe me, the world revolves around them.

    Believe   Years   White  
    Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
  • Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

  • For people who don't know, the fundraiser works like this: people donate to Worldbuilders and they're automatically entered to win geeky swag in the lottery. We're just starting week two and we're already giving away more than $40,000 of books and games.

    Book   Winning   Swag  
    "Of Beards and Books: An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss". Interview with Nikki Steele, bookriot.com. November 17, 2015.
  • In 1980, a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, "Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you to raise money is your respectability." I wanted to spit. Respectable! Show me any artist who wants to be respectable.

    Martha Graham (1991). “Blood memory”, Doubleday
  • One time I was doing an interview for a gay magazine and halfway through the journalist found out I wasn't gay. He said, 'Sorry, I can't continue the interview.' Because they only had gay public figures in their magazine. I felt so crestfallen. I wanted to tell him: but I play fundraisers for gay marriage! I'd rather my kids were gay than straight!'

    Sorry   Kids   Gay  
    "'The Humility That Comes From Being Hated': Moby Interviewed". Interview with Stephen Dalton, thequietus.com. May 9, 2011.
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