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Denise has yet to be provided, as Mike's widow, with any financial information, accounting or distributions at all since Mike's death, which is obviously inappropriate and is the subject of the separate proceeding. (Quote by - David Voss)

WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)

She also gave impetus to the move to start the holiday. They could say no to John Conyers, but it wasn't the same as saying no to King's widow. She was a powerful force in getting that legislation through. She provided the opportunity for politicians to favor it without seeming to favor the agitators. (Quote by - Joseph Lowery)

There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk. (Quote by - Robert Anson Heinlein)

Breaks the social compact that gives government its legitimacy. ... It used to be that if a widow didn't want to sell her home to a developer, she didn't have to. ... The government was there to protect her. Now government has become the thug. (Quote by - Tom McClintock)

One widow left her house for a day, came back and found her brother-in-law had taken over her home after the earthquake, so she was left out in the open. This is a major reason why people don't want to go. (Quote by - Keith Ursel)

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. (Quote by - Imelda Marcos)

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. (Quote by - Henry Fielding)

By 1835, Mozart's star was rising and any relic connected to him was sought after. We don't know whether his widow was given money for the manuscript or whether it was a sweetener for some kind of financial favor. (Quote by - Chris Banks)

That bride, who is absorbed into the True Guru, shall never become a widow. Her Husband Lord is Beautiful; His Body is forever fresh and new. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

Then I just stayed, and she said she was a widow. (Quote by - Bill Stetson)

A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other. (Quote by - Proverb)

It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades. (Quote by - Paddy Chayefsky)

The lonely widow gives her body to a stranger; but without her husband, she is never satisfied. (Quote by - Atharva Veda)

We're pleased with the recognition that the court says that it's a pretty significant burden to have a widow hauled into court in a situation like this. (Quote by - Stephen Nelson)

It's heartbreaking to leave a widow and four children. (Quote by - Jerome Gourley)

Since Michael is not listed with a wife in 1880, I must conclude he did not leave a widow or children. (Quote by - Kent Willis)

We noticed there was an increase in deaths among our visitors to the island and police were wondering how to take care of this widow who was now thousands of miles from home and here all alone. So out of this need. (Quote by - Liana Soong)

He who takes care of his deceased brother s estate and of his widow, shall, after raising up a son for his brother, give that property even to that ,son . (Quote by - Guru Nanak)

What historians will look at is her contributions in these other things. Historians will understand and explore the full dimensions and not just the perfectly made up, dignified widow. (Quote by - Mary Frances Berry)

says Garcia, widow of Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, ''was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations. (Quote by - Jerry Garcia)

It is better to be the widow of a hero than he wife of a coward. (Quote by - Delores Ibarrui)

This is death / To die and know it. This is the Black Widow, death. (Quote by - Robert Lowell)

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow. (Quote by - Nancy Mitford)

When I spoke with his widow today, she spoke touchingly about how important he felt this work was and how much he felt he was making a difference. His loss touches us all. (Quote by - Peter Harder)

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