Urged Quotes

(On his role in Face/Off) At the time, I was obsessing over a documentary about Robert Crumb (Crumb, 1994). He had this brother named Charles, who`s in the movie, and I stole his voice. I played a tape of the film for Nicolas Cage, and he said (imitating Cage), `Ah, yeah... errrr ... very dark. I like it.` Nic had a really big impact on me. It was my first film - I`d never been to L.A., or anything. He really urged me on and gave me the confidence to be daring.

My grandparents and parents urged me to go to school and do well in school so that at the end of the day I`d have options, choices.

says Stanley Crouch, the writer who long urged Rollins to trust Smith. ``It actually creates a kind of a reevaluation of what we consider musical creativity. When you hear this, these chumps in hip-hop and rock, they`re jokes compared to Sonny Rollins.

Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn`t that really quite incredible?

It was a time of a very weak economy. So even though our advisers urged us to trim our sails, we didn`t. And now the success will strengthen our entire institution.

It`s clear from comments made in hearings this week that increased export opportunities for U.S. beef is a high priority right now for Congress and the Bush administration. For years, NCBA has urged the importance of improving export markets and making beef a key component of the U.S. trade agenda. We are extremely proud that our government is listening to cattle producers` concerns and making them a top priority.

All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.

I felt a certain responsibility to help the British, as I had urged the British to abandon their export trade and convert to war production.

You`re then urged to bring other people into the program saying you will be able to get free trips for yourself,

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands