Writers devote a lot of creative energy to dreaming up reasons not to write.
I must devote my full time, energy and focus to the job I was elected to do, the job in front of me, which seeking a third term - with the money-raising and campaigning that it .
So what better place to devote himself than in the backward, lawless Indian state of Bihar? Father Thomas set up a network of village schools for the children of "untouchable .
Legion baseball: Bennett goes far to assure Locke Mills, Tri-Town split POLAND — One of the maladies afflicting American Legion baseball is the lack of young men willing to devote their time and energy to the sport. Jesse Bennett is bucking the trend and then some.
June 23, 2013 - The Lewiston Sun Journal
Brazilian leader pledges improved services Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged to improve public services and said among her priorities would be to devote petroleum revenue to education, send doctors to rural areas, come up with a transit plan, and meet with protest leaders.
June 22, 2013 - Seattle Times
Lute Olson in Forbes There are personal issues within my family that need to be addressed and I must devote my full energy to that,Olson said in the statement.
John McCain in Christian Science Monitor McCain said the nation's greatest moral shortcoming is its failure to "devote ourselves to causes greater than our self-interests."
Sean McCormack in International Herald Tribune We want to strongly urge them, and we are in contact with them, to make sure that they devote the assets to deal with this situation,McCormack told reporters, referring to the Serbian government.