Committed Quotes - Page 8

• A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help.

  Lionel Shriver

  Lying, Successful, World

  Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.175, Counterpoint Press

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• If you're a Christian you don't sit there and worry about what somebody else is doing, if they're happy and they're committed in a relationship.

  Howard Stern

  Christian, Worry, Ifs

  "Obama Should 'push' same -sex marriage, Howard Stern says" by John Mitchell, www.mtv.com. May 10, 2012.

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• Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

  Anna Julia Cooper

  Vices, Cost, Sap

  Anna Julia Cooper (1990). “A Voice From the South”, p.281, Oxford University Press

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• I was inspired by a question that kept repeating itself in my mind: Could I really change my life? I'd spent so many days, weeks, months, and years thinking about doing things with my life, and now I wanted to know, if I committed to a goal and woke up every single day working hard at it, could I change my life?

  LIZ

  Thinking, Years, Goal

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• Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.

  Brad Duguid

  Summer, School, Skills

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• The Harper Government is committed to ensuring that seniors have the skills they need to make solid financial choices. Seniors today face an increasingly complex financial marketplace, and it will take the combined efforts of public and private sector organizations to help seniors navigate the many financial choices they face. The start of Financial Literacy Month is an excellent opportunity to thank the Canadian Bankers Association and encourage other private sector organizations to take an active role in providing financial literacy support to Canada's seniors.

  Kevin Sorenson

  Senior, Opportunity, Government

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• I am the punishment of God. If you have not committed sins then God wouldn't have sent me.

  Genghis Khan

  Punishment, Sin, Ifs

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• Supporters of the war are constantly asking those who oppose it: Why don't you deplore the wrongs and atrocities committed by the other side? The answer, so far as I am concerned, is that I do deplore the wrongs and atrocities committed by the other side. But I am responsible for the wrongs and atrocities committed by our side. And I am no longer able to participate in the assumption that atrocities committed by remote control are less objectionable than those committed at arm's length. I am most concerned with American obstacles to peace because I am an American.

  Wendell Berry

  War, Atrocities Committed, Asking

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• [O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.

  St. Jerome

  Results, Theft, Predecessors

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• A winner fulfills his contract with the world and with himself. That is, he sets out to do something, says that he is committed to doing it, and in the long run does it.

  Eric Berne

  Running, Long, Doe

  Eric Berne (2010). “What Do You Say After You Say Hello”, p.234, Random House

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• A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.

  Mike Leigh

  Hollywood, Film, Reason

  Interview with Chloe Veltman, www.believermag.com. March/April 2009.

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• My advice and wish to every woman in my country and in the world is very simple: Do not be afraid to be yourself, to have your dream, your vision, and to go for it. We can achieve a lot if we are sincerely committed to our goals and work hard to realize them.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Dream, Country, Being Yourself

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• "Marriage" is an internationally recognized word that says we are committed as a couple and are responsible for each other and any children that we have.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Children, Couple, Responsible

  "Lunch Date: Rosie O'Donnell". Interview with Carole Radziwill, www.glamour.com. August 30, 2006.

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• I think guys wind up after a while not wanting another guy sleeping with the girl they're with. But eventually everyone wants something more. We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Girl, Sleep, Thinking

  "So Sweet! Ashton Kutcher Knows His Way To A Woman's Heart!" by Nicole Fukuoka, hollywoodlife.com. January 18, 2011.

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• We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other as oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity.

  Nelson Mandela

  Race, Common Humanity, Crime

  Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers

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• You become a disciple in the biblical sense only when you are totally and completely committed to Jesus Christ and His Word.

  Greg Laurie

  Jesus, Biblical, Christ

  Greg Laurie (2011). “Let God Change Your Life: How to Know and Follow Jesus”, p.86, David C Cook

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• We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with actions.

  Brené Brown

  Perfect, Action, Engaged

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.151, Penguin

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• How heartening it is to know that Ken Loach is still out there making committed, polemical cinema, so long as you don't have to watch it. Never go near a Ken Loach film unless you're trying to sleep with a socialist. If you are, however, Land And Freedom should do the trick.

  David Bennun

  Sleep, Land, Long

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• The most fully actualized people that I studied over ten years consistently pushed the envelope. These people consistently demanded far more of themselves every day than anyone else ever expected from them. These people raised their standards and committed themselves from their hearts to be the best they could be and to live a life of uncommon wonder. This is what self-mastery is all about.

  Robin Sharma

  Heart, Self, Years

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• But I wonder where we will land if trial judges begin deciding that the fact that a man has committed an atrocious crime is proof sufficient that he is not responsible for his acts.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Land, Judging

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• Cruelties should be committed all at once.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Should, Cruelty

  Gerald Lee Ratliff, Niccolo Machiavelli (1986). “Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince”, p.48, Barron's Educational Series

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• The refusal to be committed and the attitude of indifference can in fact never be neutral.

  John Bertram Phillips

  Attitude, Facts, Indifference

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• All present-day governments are fanatically committed to an easy money policy.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Government, Easy, Policy

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• The physical element of a role is something I'm super familiar with, and I love it. I've definitely made the transition into acting over doubling, just because I needed to make it clear to myself, so that I fully committed.

  Zoe Bell

  Acting, Transition, Roles

  Source: collider.com

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• We have committed ourselves to pursue joint policies, but then national governments say, "We aren't bound by that." That is a dramatic situation, because solidarity is a basic principle that cannot be had on an à la carte basis. If we have rules that nobody adheres to, then the community will break apart.

  Martin Schulz

  Government, Dramatic Situations, Community

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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