Sentence examples for accept a person from inspiring English sources

"They were ready to accept a person who was sincere and concerned about things.

Moreover, they questioned whether a neocolonial Western world could only accept a person critical of China's political system as a worthy winner.

"Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of colour way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama," he said.

As much as we can make the recommendation for resettlement, the places are very limited and it's ultimately the [resettlement] country that makes the determination if they want to accept a person".

When you accept a person's gift – no matter how poorly wrapped – by responding with curiosity and compassion, you are giving a gift in return.

"To accept a person and to accept a situation are two different things.

Realize that love means accepting a person for who he or she is, and getting the same acceptance in return.

Re "What Makes a Jewish Mother" (Essay, June 4): Since 1983, Reform Judaism has accepted a person as Jewish if either the father or mother is Jewish.

He was about as open and curious and accepting a person as I'd ever met, and I left feeling I'd made a great new friend.

"Today you may be accepting a person with one ideological viewpoint and tomorrow you might have another person with another ideological viewpoint," Mr. Gross said, adding, "There is no place in the army to raise political views".

Andrew Rehfeld (2006) has offered a general theory of representation which simply identifies representation by reference to a relevant audience accepting a person as its representative.