Commitment Quotes - Page 26

• In my home state of Delaware, we've done our homework and worked hard and, as a result, we've made great strides in cleaning up our own air pollution. Unfortunately, a number of the upwind states to the west of us have not made the same commitment to reducing harmful pollution by investing in cleaner air.

  Thomas Carper

  Home, Air, Numbers

  "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

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• I've been stocking my nuts away like a squirrel for 15 years. I don't have kids, I don't have a wife. I own my own house. I don't owe anybody for it so I put my nuts away. I really made a commitment to myself to just do what I like to do and want to do, and not to do anything. I'm not even going to give six weeks away for money anymore, you know?

  John Corbett

  Kids, Squirrels, Years

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• For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road.

  Lee Child

  Responsibility, Thinking, Walking Away

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• Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in.

  Phil Crane

  Strong, People, Generations

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• The Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending.

  Francois Fillon

  Honor, France, Position

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• I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend to focus on the remaining dates of the Westlife tour and my commitments to the band before looking to rebuild a future for my wife, my three children and myself.

  Shane Filan

  Children, Long, Wife

  "Westlife singer Shane Filan declared bankrupt" by Henry McDonald and Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2012.

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• That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.

  Suzanne Farrell

  Opportunity, People, Dancing

  "Ballerina of the Century". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

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• I know the commitment that TV requires but it's nice to come to work and have fun.

  Michael Ealy

  Fun, Nice, Tvs

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• The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Powerful, Achievement, Messages

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's very easy to get excited about a job, but it's a big commitment because you do it and then you have to live with it when it's finished. It's forever in your section in the video store. It's you. It's almost like deciding who you have a child with.

  Bridget Fonda

  Jobs, Children, Forever

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• I am not, personally, a believer or a religious man in any sense of institutional commitment or practice. But I have a great respect for religion, and the subject has always fascinated me, beyond almost all others (with a few exceptions, like evolution and paleontology).

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Religious, Science, Practice

  Stephen Jay Gould (1999). “Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History”, Three Rivers Press (CA)

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• A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.

  Morton Blackwell

  Generosity, Letters, Might

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• Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.

  Bob Seger

  Needs, Mediocrity, Easy

  Song: Lock And Load

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• Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them.

  Brian Ferneyhough

  Art, California, Purpose

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• There are certain TV shows that probably would have made me rich, and there are certain commitments I could have made that probably would have raised a lot of eyebrows that I didn't. But I don't look back at those decisions and say, 'Oh God, I'm such an idiot.

  Josh Gad

  Tv Shows, Eyebrows, Decision

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• The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.

  Timothy Geithner

  Hurt, Recovery, Cutting

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 12, 2010.

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• North Carolina is strong because our people are strong. They define our state - by their hard work, commitment to their families and neighbors, their willingness to sacrifice so that their children can have a chance to forge their own path.

  Kay Hagan

  Strong, Children, Hard Work

  "Kay Hagan DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 06, 2012.

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• You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.

  Craig Johnston

  Football, Skills, Understanding

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• I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.

  Anthony Kennedy

  Philosophy, Thinking, Judging

  "Justice For Sale (Update)". "Bill Moyers Journal", billmoyers.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Making a wholehearted commitment to being happy is a powerful medicine.

  Robert Holden

  Happiness, Powerful, Medicine

  Robert Holden (2011). “Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast”, p.57, Hay House, Inc

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• I firmly believe that we who are alive and can think today-in the closing years of the 20th century-have a commitment to our species to make sure that the flicker of movement we have thus managed in space stays sufficiently kindled so that the people of the 21st century can build upon and extend the human abode from Earth to the cosmos beyond.

  Paul Levinson

  Believe, Thinking, Space

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• We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Loyalty, Mother, Children

  "I will be judged by the critical lens of history: Pranab Mukherjee". www.indiablooms.com. July 24, 2017.

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• Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Country, Justice For All, Narrative

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• People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.

  Chris Noth

  Taken, People, Height

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• When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Writing, Past, Pay

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