Avows

Here we have come to the central fact of the question: a fact nobody avows, which is yet the true explanation of the monstrous system of child imprisonment and torture which we disguise under such hypocrisies as education, training, formation of character and the rest of it. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

We follow the two lovers (?) in an elegant French estate, and through its gardens, as the younger woman (who we know very little about) excitedly avows that her joy in life is not her children, the family left behind, but her serving of "Catherine" (who we know even less about). ❋ Karin Badt (2011)

Someone else avows that "Nothing in the world is more beautiful than a child's smile": Oprah, I predict, will forgive Frey's previous trespasses when she reads that mawkish sentence. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's mostly good-natured; still, Nicholson, who several times avows that he owes his career to Corman who hired him to act when no one else would, at one point actually breaks down in tears at how much Corman means to him. ❋ Marshall Fine (2011)

He did not exhibit this ability as governor of Massachusetts, where he failed to defend the very principles he now avows regarding such things as the family, abortion and a liberal judiciary. ❋ Robert R. Reilly (2012)

So the unbelieving people of the Jews is cursed from the earth, that is, from the Church … the Church admits and avows the Jewish people to be cursed, because after killing Christ they continue to till the ground of an earthly circumcision, an earthly Sabbath, an earthly Passover. ❋ Russell Jacoby (2011)

A proper slice, Mr. Hagendorf avows, should crease when folded and droop only at the very tip, "just like Johnny Cash's nose." ❋ Aaron Rutkoff (2011)

He avows his intention to commit suicide, to "jump before I am pushed," and explains why. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Donated by Not Even a Loser Patricia Bartolillo of Bowie, who avows that this is "the oddest T-shirt I've found in a thrift store." ❋ The Empress (2010)

Like Galileo prosecuted by the Church, he avows that the sun does revolve around the earth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was, Woodward avows, "the stupidest man I ever saw, but he was inevitable as death." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Eibmoz ananymously avows: Instead of seeing this, or watching the trailer, I will rent TAxi Driver and Dog Day Afternoon and remember a simpler time. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Promoted to Headline (H3) on 5/1/09: Condoleezza Rice avows; President is above law yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Condoleezza Rice avows; President is above law'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Students at Stanford stood still as they listened to former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice speak. ❋ Unknown (2009)

OpEdNews - Article: Condoleezza Rice avows; President is above law ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the ... quot; current "President, Barack Obama avows, and knows from his experience as a Community Organizer, ... quot; Citizen participation will be a priority for the Administration, and the internet will play an important role in that." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The speaker then avows that in "this wide universe," his Muse--his talent, his affinity for the beautiful and the true--alone and nothing else represents for him the creative nature that he most cherishes. ❋ Rus Bowden (2009)

The Government is indeed culpable, if it avows thus its faults. ❋ Unknown (2009)