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• If you're going to commit to that, you're going to have to find some way to make it bearable and enjoyable.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Way, Bearable, Enjoyable

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• Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

  Harry S. Truman

  Suicide, Men, Law

  Address at National Archives, Washington, D.C., 15 Dec. 1952

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• There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Religious, Atheism, Salary

  Decline and Fall (1928) pt. 2, ch. 4

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• The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable.

  Alberto Fujimori

  Murder, Terrorism, Liberation

  "Fujimori breaks silence and urges release of hostages". www.cnn.com. December 22, 1996.

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• People should be allowed to document evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Where is the expectation of privacy if someone is conspiring to commit crime?

  Linda Tripp

  People, Expectations, Criminals

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• I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.

  O. J. Simpson

  Sports, Crime, Clear

  "O.J. Simpson: 10 years later". "Dateline" with Katie Couric, www.nbcnews.com. June 18, 2004.

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• How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.

  V. S. Pritchett

  Guilt, Sin, Feels

  "Midnight Oil". Book by V. S. Pritchett, Vol. 2, Ch. 10, 1971.

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• Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

  John Nelson Darby

  Christian, Evil, Sin

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• Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.

  Saddam Hussein

  Suicide, Age, Baghdad

  2003 Speech on the anniversary of the Gulf War, 17 Jan.

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• Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

  Christopher Durang

  Jobs, Acting, Resentment

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• No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already.

  Josiah Royce

  Men, Errors, Consensus

  Josiah Royce, John Edwin Smith (1988). “Josiah Royce: Selected Writings”, p.57, Paulist Press

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• When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

  Decimius Magnus Ausonius

  Character, Honor, Deeds

  "Septem Sapientum Sententiæ Septenis Veribus Explicatæ". "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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• I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

  Jodie Foster

  Recycling, Film, Cents

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• Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

  Chris Evert

  Sports, Goal, Excellence

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• Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Moving, Commitment

  "The Scottish Himalaya Expedition". Book by W. H. Murray, 1951.

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• Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Inspirational, Commitment, Favorite Words

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• Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

  Horatio Nelson

  Mistake, Gentleman, Enemy

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• Meditate on the horrors of Hell, which will last for eternity because of one easily-committed mortal sin. Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved.

  Benedict Joseph Labre

  Christian, Thinking, Flames

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• May God have mercy on my soul for the deaths on my name and for the treachery I committed. Betrayal of God and country, what a sad and horrible thing it is.

  E. Howard Hunt

  Sad, Death, God

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• Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

  Napoleon Hill

  Truth, Honesty, Law

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “The Law of Success: The 16 Secrets for Achieving Wealth & Prosperity”, p.545, Courier Corporation

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• I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.

  Jerry Lewis

  Loyalty, Running, Commitment

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• Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one of these is sufficient. To keep progressing, we must learn, commit, and do-learn, commit, and do-and learn, commit, and do again.

  Stephen Covey

  Moving, Thinking, Progress

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Sex, Way

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 4, sc. 5, l. 124

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• Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Commitment, Keeping Promises

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management”, p.123, Routledge

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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

  Mario Andretti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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