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Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

William Shakespeare

The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding frost.

Nikola Tesla

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

Woodrow Wilson

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

John Ruskin

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.

John Muir

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Helen Keller

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;.

Alexander Pope

This will set us up in the future as a larger player nationally in sports marketing. Down the road you might point at the Sunshine State Games as our next goal.

Jeff Mielke

Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.

Lawrence G. Lovasik

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run; And the Truth shall ever come uppermost, And Justice shall be done.

Charles Mackay

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Steve Martin

I don't think you can ever restrict or control influence. What you can do is shed light on it. Sunshine is the most important thing.

Rep. Beto O'rourke

Two months before Sundance, I felt that if properly handled, ( Sunshine ) will make $30 million to $40 million, and I stand by that.

John Sloss

I think, obviously, as the valleys warm up and get more sunshine and as the high school spring sports kick in, there are more activities in the metropolitan areas that compete with skiing and snowboarding.

Scott Kaden

Stars are not seen by sunshine.

John Wodroephe

It was a perfect day, right around freezing with snow, ice and sunshine.

Dave Richards

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Walt Whitman

It brings sunshine into the lives of so many people when they receive the bright yellow daffodil. When we deliver these bouquets to patients at St. Michael's Hospital who are in treatment for cancer, or take them to individuals at their homes, their faces light up and it brings a sense of hope for the future.

Sue Hall

Transparency, sunshine, disclosure are recurring themes in the conversations that I am having with my colleagues. I think people are in general agreement that names ought to be associated with earmarks that are funded.

Adam Putnam

We've finally got into the sunshine and I want to enjoy it.

Rob Ritchie

This horse is good right now, and hopefully he'll stay good for the Sunshine Millions. I don't think he needs the lead, and today would indicate that. He probably won't get the lead in the Sunshine Millions, but today would indicate that he could punch it in from anywhere.

Jerry Hollendorfer

Getting more sunshine in the daytime is slowly bringing the temperatures up.

Kirsten Willman

I would support a recall of the mayor. I'm really troubled when a man talks about sunshine and hatches deals in back rooms. I'm very concerned that the process is being manipulated by some very wealthy people.

Paul Spiegelman

We're in Florida, we're in the sunshine state, and we've got a lot of restaurants that are on the beach that enjoy the outdoor weather and serve their food outside. And so we think it's a great opportunity for people coming in to dine that they really have the opportunity to bring their entire family, even if that includes a dog.

Cragin Mosteller

There will be plenty of blame to go around but if you take credit for the sunshine, you also get blamed for the rain.

Tom Rath

Many things [in the Sunshine Law] are not as cut and dried as this particular situation. The act is express on this point.

Teri Henning

You could see planes parked on both sides of the runways all the way from the office to the wind vane. The colors were brilliant in the May sunshine. I just hate to see the sun set on such an American icon, the small turf havens of aviation.

Jim Barclay

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Walt Whitman

[Actor Tom Oliver, who plays Lou Carpenter, tells me:] Whenever an issue arises, both sides of the coin are shown. ... And don't forget the weather. People love to see the sunshine stream through their living rooms. It helps.

Adrian Smith

The election helped me focus ideas that I had been thinking about for a long time, ... Sunshine State.

John Sayles

From a law enforcement perspective, those portals are the kind of enabling structures that need to be strategically taken out to make the business more difficult. These are people who can't stand the sunshine of public attention, and it is one of the more positive outcomes of Justin going public.

Stephen Ryan

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

Irish Blessings

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

James M. Barrie

Some players that didn't tee off yet were going to come tomorrow and play in sunshine while half the field is playing in this muck. We just didn't feel like that was fair to the field.

Jim Haley

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

Diogenes Laertius

No one should be afraid of more sunshine -- that's what this bill is about. That is something the majority of legislators have voted for and something a very broad coalition has backed, and we believe the Commerce Department does not want to stand in the way of that.

Bob Phillips

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air….

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

William Gilmore Simms

Everybody's going to the party ... dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Daron Malakian

"Life is like a permanent limp dick, with an occassional blow job" [When told by Phil that life is like a permanent cloudy day, with an occassional sunshine].

Lars Ulrich

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

Alfred E. Smith

We are not engrossed in total sunshine, but we're in good shape. We have a pretty good set of sunshine laws. The problem is fighting off exceptions. Every time the Legislature meets, there are exemptions considered. Accumulation of exemptions is our great potential problem.

Jim Brandt

For me coming from England, I think that for Phoenix having so much sunshine, solar panels would be a great way to generate electricity.

Alan Thorpe

Blue sky, 72 degrees, palm trees and sunshine in December works for us.

Chet Gladchuk

No one on our team has ever gone to the NCAA Tournament. No one on our team has had a chance to say they've won a Sunshine State Conference Championship. Those are two major things I would love to have on my resume.

Mark Borders

We are not engrossed in total sunshine, but we're in good shape.

Jim Brandt

A lot of the lads have been at the Academy this winter so we have been training quite hard in indoor school, so to get outside and get a bit of Caribbean sunshine and get some competitive cricket is very exciting for everybody. So we are looking forward to it.

Peter Moores

The sunny Hawaii campaign can be launched anytime but it seems unseemly to talk about sunshine when negative news is out there.

Frank Haas

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

Dustin Hoffman

Jeep is to Toledo is what cheese is to Wisconsin, what potatoes are to Idaho, what sunshine is to Florida.

Toledo Blade

Under a blazing mid-afternoon summer sky, we see the Seine flooded with sunshine . . . people are strolling, others are sitting or stretched out lazily on the bluish grass.

Georges Seurat

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

John Christian Bovee

I think it was a real blessing for all of us. It's not always going to be sunshine. Even in a rainy situation, you can still prevail. Sometimes, you just have to see what modifications you can make.

Marvin Oliver's

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Openness works like the proverbial sunshine.

Jonathan Knight

In reviewing the case law as to a violation of the Sunshine Law by a secret meeting, this issue appears to be irrelevant and immaterial.

Charles Robinson

Just tired of it, want some sunshine.

Melanie Khrest

The purpose of Sunshine Week is twofold: one, to make clear the extent big government has been curtailing the flow of information and news to the public, and two, to let people know ways to deal with this type of government behavior.

Hodding Carter

Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Hans Christian Andersen

It was good news and sunshine for investors.

John Hueston

Ain't no sunshine when she's goneIt's not warm when she's awayAin't no sunshine when she's goneAnd she's always gone too longAnytime she goes away.

Bill Withers

For the most part, we're talking sunshine.

Matt Sayers

The sunshine stays today, but the 70s don't. Temperatures will be about 20 degrees cooler today than they were yesterday.

Jennifer Schack

It'll be pretty funny if that happens. The guys are just happy to see some sunshine and get some games in.

John Donohue

This is Florida so it's a bright house with a lot of sunshine. The idea was to have soft, pretty pastels, very fresh and clear.

Mario Buatta

A compliment is verbal sunshine.

Robert Orben

Longer days mean more hours of sunshine. Those hours infuse the atmosphere with more energy, which, in turn, can fuel strong storms.

Mary Knapp

We're happy to be in Tampa. We don't have this kind of sunshine in New Jersey.

Corey May

There's something about playing the game of baseball that lights up a youngster's eyes but for children facing mental and physical challenges, that opportunity can often be a difficult first test. The Miracle League gives these children the opportunity to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the game of baseball in its purest form.

Jim Rew

The weathers not too bad. Weve had a bit of everything this morningthunder, lightning, rain, fog, sunshine, clouds.

Steven Bennett

I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use 'a little Texas sunshine.'

John Cornyn

People in and out of government tend to forget that government exists solely to do the bidding of the citizens, and the only way the citizens can make sure their wishes are being abided by is if they are allowed to do so through open meetings and records. Sunshine Week is simply a means of reminding us all of that fundamental premise.

Thomas Mitchell

We're heading up to 56 for a high today. We have plenty of sunshine.

Jennifer Schack

It can only be good to have more council members getting on board with this notion for sunshine laws. It's going to make it easier to get some of these things passed that some of us have been calling for all along.

Dave Cortese

I'm running because I believe we need to bring sunshine on these subjects into Capitol Hill and Congress.

Lisa Rea

At the end of the day, Boehner believes sunshine and transparency is the single most effective safeguard against political mischief and corruption, and he'll continue to push for more disclosure and transparency.

Don Seymour

We're in the sunshine. That means negatives will come out. That's OK.

Kevin Roberts

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Joseph Addison

A lot of people don't know about the Sunshine Kids. I want to help spread the word.

Nancy Bell

We are introducing the 'Tax Exempt Political Disclosure Act' to bring sunshine to our campaign finance laws and to provide full disclosure of groups which have heretofore not been held accountable but have been subsidized by the American people.

Gordon Smith

I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace in the world in which you live... More I cannot wish you except perhaps love to make all the rest worthwhile.

Robert A. Ward

We've had a lot of rain up at our place, so it's great to see some sunshine. Coming down here is like a vacation and playing baseball. It's two things that we love.

Jared Thompson

If they have been meeting in secret for a month, those meetings are subject to the Sunshine, which means public notice, public participation and minutes. The documents are a public record. There is no doubt about that. Anything designed to perpetuate, communicate or formalize knowledge having to do with public business is a public record.

Barbara Petersen

In the present action there was no evidence of anyone being excluded from a meeting of the authority, ... However, since this issue is irrelevant and immaterial, the court will not address whether a violation of the Sunshine Law exists or not.

Charles Robinson

Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind.

Adrien Brody

It looks sunshine will continue through the afternoon.

Jennifer Schack

It doesn't matter what form the communication takes. You can violate the Sunshine Law in a multitude of ways even without technology.

John Wolfe

Even if it's a picture of the Superdome, there is almost always sunshine or a rainbow. It was almost always the last thing they added to their pictures.

Janine Schueppert

The man in black turns sunshine yellow in 'Ring of Fire,' the show that strings songs associated with Johnny Cash into an artificially sweetened candy necklace.

Ben Brantley

This is a real ray of sunshine.

Klaus Stohr

This kicks it off with a bang. The public was invited and now they are being told they can't attend, and in the middle of Sunshine Week. It's almost an ironic tragedy that it is occurring.

Adria Harper

It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.

Romain Rolland

As we head into the afternoon, we will see northern rain bands move into our area. That will produce brief heavy downpours and gusty winds. It is going to be similar to what happened Thursday in terms of seeing some sunshine during points of the day and then other times seeing a real heavy downpour with winds kicking up.

Larry Mowry

Even on the coldest days, with sunshine, we have to crack open the top.

Joe Altman

Citizens are taking time to participate. That's the sunshine that works. Lawmakers do hear the voice of the people if they speak loudly enough.

Ben Cunningham

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red.

Cecilia Bartoli

You can have a contract in snowfall, wind speed, sunshine duration, instantaneous temperature. We can trade any measurement that is available in an objective fashion.

Bradley Hoggatt

She essentially confessed to a breach of the Sunshine Law.

Christopher Taylor

Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte.

Arthur Bryant

My guess is that the farther you get away from the East Coast, the less the impact Sept. 11 has had on state sunshine laws.

Kevin Neely

It's unfortunate that public officials feel that the public is a hindrance is getting their work done. It sounds like they're doing it solely to circumvent the Sunshine Law. The public has a constitutional right of access to open government.

Adria Harper

A lot of sunshine helps.

Byron Utter

This is a loophole that needs to be closed. Their ought to be full sunshine and limits on these activities.

Warren Tompkins

I feel the spirit of the Sunshine Law can be violated by calling a meeting a workshop and not allowing public participation.

Adria Harper

The bill is a responsible way to address a certain activity that wasn't covered in the original Sunshine Law.

Steve Ahrens

Maybe they don't really understand the Sunshine Act.

John Lisko

Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.

Edmund Spenser