Commit Quotes - Page 20

• When the devil looks at a man who sincerely desires not to sin, he is not so unintelligent as to suggest to him (as he would to a hardened sinner) that he go and commit fornication or go and steal. He knows we do not want that and he does not set out to tell us something we do not want to hear; but he finds out that little bit of self-will or self-righteousness and through that, with the appearance of well doing, he will do us harm.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Men, Self

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• The Christians do not commit adultery. They do not bear false witness. They do not covet their neighbor's goods. They honor father and mother. They love their neighbors. They judge justly. They avoid doing to others what they do not wish done to them. They do good to their enemies. They are kind.

  Aristides of Athens

  Christian, Mother, Father

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• The script just can't commit the sin of being boring.

  Lester Persky

  Scripts, Sin, Boring

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• One thing that Americans do at this time also, though, is let's commit ourselves, just everyday American people Joe Six-Pack, hockey moms across the nation I think we need to band together and say, never again. Never will we exploited and taken advantage of again by those who are managing our money and loaning us these dollars.

  Sarah Palin

  Mom, Taken, Hockey

  "VP Debate: No Fury In Missouri". "Morning Edition"from NPR News, www.npr.org. October 3, 2008.

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• Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing. I think it is very usual and natural for a writer to commit suicide, because in order to keep on writing he must be a very strong person.

  Kobo Abe

  Suicide, Strong, Writing

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• Richard Nixon was a Republican presidential candidate who encouraged crooks to commit espionage against the Democratic National Committee in order to gain an edge in a presidential election.

  Tim Kaine

  Order, Presidential, Crooks

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When I commit to working with an artist, I give them as much respect as I would like and if I'm not going to commit that way, then I don't want to work with you.

  Wayne White

  Artist, Giving, Want

  Source: screenanarchy.com

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• The church still meets people at the transition points. Marriages break down. Children commit suicide and leave helpless parents. Death and suffering are everywhere.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Suicide, Children, People

  Source: verticallivingministries.com

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• We commit not only theoretical error but also moral wrong in objectifying ourselves or other rational beings, ignoring their capacities for free action and communicative interaction with us.

  Allen W. Wood

  Errors, Objectifying, Action

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war.

  George H. W. Bush

  Daughter, War, Son

  Address to the Nation on the Invasion of Iraq, delivered 16 January 1991

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• There are American citizens who have been inspired to commit acts of terror on American soil, the latest incident, of course, the bombings we just saw in New York and New Jersey, the knife attack at a mall in Minnesota, in the last year, deadly attacks in San Bernardino and Orlando.

  Lester Holt

  New York, Years, Knives

  The First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.

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• One of the things that's really fun to tap in with television right now is this sort of explosion, the peak TV moment that we're in, people are exploring different modes of storytelling here. But one of the exciting things here is being able to commit upfront to a big, big, big story.

  Jonathan Nolan

  Fun, People, Different

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense and you can commit a lot and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy.

  Parker Posey

  Heart, People, Focus

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I just love those [saying of Christ ]: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do. I thirst. It is finished. Into Your hands I commit My spirit. Today you will be with Me in paradise." That was really the heart of the second book I wrote called No Wonder They Call Him Savior.

  Max Lucado

  Father, Book, Heart

  Source: www.sermoncentral.com

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• Young black men are guilty of criminal behavior not because of the alleged crimes they might commit but because they are the product of a collective imagination paralyzed by the racism of a white supremacist culture they can only view them as a dangerous nightmare.

  Henry Giroux

  Men, Views, White

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• This is an issue that the Prime Minister put on the COAG agenda. First of all, it is something that would only apply in an extreme case where the service by a terrorist of a sentence of imprisonment had in no way curbed their desire or their intention to commit terrorist offences in the community, so that this is a - would be a public safety measure. The second point I'd make to you is that this is not unknown to the law.

  George Brandis

  Law, Issues, Safety

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Commit a little bit more to the world outside of your own life. Get people talking.

  Lizz Winstead

  Talking, People, World

  Source: www.elle.com

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• New Zealanders are so chill. I know they say Australians are chill, and I feel like Australians are chill, but I keep thinking, "If they get drunk, they would commit a hate crime." Now that is an extreme position to take, but it's just a feeling I get. New Zealand people, I don't see that.

  Hari Kondabolu

  Hate, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I actually quite like [social media]. It's spontaneous, you don't really have to commit to it and I enjoy the interaction. Also, I have never sworn on there, not once.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Media, Spontaneous, Social

  Source: www.esquireme.com

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• I've been writing so much. And what happens with TV is that they split [Taboo] into two blocks, so you get a director that does four and another director that does another four. You commit yourself to seven days a week, for 12 or 13 hour days for a long time. I couldn't really do that.

  Steven Knight

  Block, Writing, Two

  Source: collider.com

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• If you think anyone goes out and commits crimes because of some daffy film they've seen, then I question your judgment.

  Bruce Willis

  Thinking, Film, Judgment

  "25 years after he first appeared as John McClane, Bruce Willis is back in 'A Good Day to Die Hard'". Daily News Interview, www.nydailynews.com. February 10, 2013.

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• It is essential that we aggressively pursue all criminal offenders, especially those who commit these heinous crimes against women - and seek the maximum penalties under the law.

  Donald Trump

  Law, Criminals, Essentials

  "Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Student Debt, Immigration, and More". Interview with Judith Ohikuare, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 11, 2016.

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• You can't be afraid to play. Commit to play and you live with the results.

  Dabo Swinney

  Play, Results

  Source: beachcarolina.com

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• One of the things I advised Donald Trump to do was to make sure that, before he commits to certain courses of action, he has really dug in and thought through how various issues play themselves out.

  Barack Obama

  Play, Issues, Action

  Source: time.com

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• Chelsea Manning attempted to commit suicide twice last year.

  Amy Goodman

  Suicide, Years, Lasts

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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