Olivier Theyskens

I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.

Belgian Designer

Pierre Nanterme

I had good coaches and mentors. They helped me a lot, and I trusted them when they tapped on my shoulder to move to the next level. And maybe I've been smart enough to always say yes more than no when I've been proposed a new and challenging jobs.

French Businessman

Jo Brand

With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.

British Comedian

Richard Rorty

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.

American Philosopher

P. J. O'Rourke

Liberals are always proposing perfectly insane ideas, laws that will make everybody happy, laws that will make everything right, make us live forever, and all be rich. Conservatives are never that stupid.

American Comedian

Kevin Federline

Britney proposing to me on a plane three months after we met, and getting married two months later was just us living in the moment. I really thought I'd spend the rest of my life with her.

American Musician

Hiten Tejwani

It was love at first sight and luckily, neither of us had to propose as we both knew we wanted to stay together... Gauri is my whole world. She is my anchor.

Indian Actor

Prince William

You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

British Royalty

Benjamin Franklin

I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.

American Politician

Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian Designer

Use 'propose' when introducing suggestions or ideas in a discussion or meeting.

Idea Introduction

'Propose' can initiate debates; be ready for others to agree or argue.

Starting Debates

It is often used to formally introduce new topics into an agenda.

Agenda Setting

'Propose' in romantic contexts usually refers to a marriage proposal.

Marriage Ritual

Cultural norms heavily influence how one proposes; research is beneficial.

Cultural Variation

Proposals can be private or very public, consider your partner's preferences.

Public or Private

In formal contexts, 'propose' is used to suggest actions or policies officially.

Formal Suggestions

Proposing a motion implies a commitment to supporting it.

Commitment Implication

Proposing in formal settings often follows specific rules or procedures.

Structured Process

 Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire

Why do we love? A...

 and tools the results is an epidemic that isn't getting nearly enough attention now over the next few days we're going to hear about some of humanity's most important and complex issues and whether your issue is climate change world hunger education or anything else I'm going to propose that

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 one of them might engage you more than anything else, and then you may have found your greatest love, in comparison to all the other things that interest you, and that's what passion is. I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie. He was an economically rational person.

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 the military, and the rulers, and that a great noble lie should convince everyone to follow this structure. The noble lie he proposed was that we're all born with gold, silver, or a mixture of brass and iron in our souls, which determine our roles in life.

Plato’s best (and worst)...

 Just recently, a project called iKnow proposed scenarios that look much like science fiction stories. They include the discovery of an alien civilization, development of a way for humans and animals to communicate flawlessly, and radical life extension.

How science fiction can...

 would eventually develop lung metastases. Today, we know that both theories contain valuable truths. Yet the full stories of metastasis is much more complicated than either of the two proposed theories. Factors like the cancer cell's properties,

How does cancer spread...

 the zebra does with their stripes not the color alone previously unrecorded it was found that zebras have the ability to raise their hairs on their black stripes whilst their white stripes stay flat proposing this could transfer heat

Why Are Zebras Black and...

 fission products, and plutonium, a radioactive material not found in nature. This mix must be isolated from the environment until it has all safely decayed. Many countries propose deep time storage in tunnels drilled far underground,

How do nuclear power...

 and they proposed that it was actually these germs that cause diseases, hence the name germ theory. Though most people held onto their assumptions and strongly resisted this theory, its supporters were determined to prove them wrong

How a few scientists...

 last autumn I proposed to use these bricks to build a great wall around pyramidan to protect us from polar bears and they are still thinking about it nah I'm joking of course

Propose

To suggest a plan or idea for consideration.

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To ask someone to marry you.

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To offer or put forward something for discussion and approval.

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