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• To stay in recovery, you must be responsible for finding your own motivation. Remember, motivation may not be easy to come by at first. It will probably be a very small, timid part inside of you. When you find it, let that part be in charge. Let the minority rule and lead you to a life you never dreamed was possible

  Jenni Schaefer

  Motivation, Recovery, Minorities

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• I like being responsible for myself

  Christian Bale

  Responsible

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• One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children.

  Lyn Nofziger

  Children, Believe, Thinking

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• No person shall be restrained of his liberty but by regular process from a court of justice, authorized by a general law. . . . On complaint of an unlawful imprisonment to any judge whatsoever, he shall have the prisoner immediately brought before him and shall discharge him if his imprisonment be unlawful. The officer in whose custody the prisoner is shall obey the order of the judge, and both judge and officer shall be responsible civilly and criminally for a failure of duty herein.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Law, Order, Justice

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• To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Events, Responsible

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• The body is like a companion, a friendly pet that follows one around...One can continue to own the body and be responsible for it without identifying with it as one's identity.

  David Hawkins

  Pet, Friendly, Identity

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• I tried to just do things like make some money, be responsible, help out other artists who I see have had a similar path.

  Ariel Pink

  Artist, Path, Helping

  Interview with T. Cole Rachel, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 4, 2013.

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• The drum-fire of propaganda that the Fed is manning the ramparts against the menace of inflation brought about by others is nothing less than a deceptive shell game. The culprit solely responsible for inflation, the Federal Reserve, is continually engaged in raising a hue-and-cry about 'inflation,' for which virtually everyone else in society seems to be responsible. What we are seeing is the old ploy by the robber who starts shouting 'Stop, thief!' and runs down the street pointing ahead at others.

  Murray Rothbard

  Running, Fire, Games

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• We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we were being responsible but were only being cowardly. What we called realism turned out to be a way of avoiding things rather than facing them.

  Julian Barnes

  Safe, Way, Mature

  Julian Barnes (2011). “The Sense of an Ending”, p.93, Random House

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• I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.

  Jennifer Connelly

  Reading, Talking, Choices

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• No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.

  Ken Rockwell

  Photography, Cameras, Needs

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• People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.

  John Ashcroft

  Atheist, People, Atheism

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• If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.

  Vic Snyder

  Attitude, Thinking, Majority

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• An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist

  Stephen Stills

  Art, Giving Up, People

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• If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for no other reason than His presence is a delight to our souls and spirit.

  Brother Lawrence

  Soul, Live In The Moment, Delight

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

  Deion Sanders

  Children, Athlete, Kids

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• I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.

  Mary Steenburgen

  Thinking, Speaks Out, Needs

  "CNN Crossfire", www.cnn.com. January 23, 2004.

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• Every day in practice I have to lead by example. But at the same time, when people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, you're responsible as a player. You can't rely on the coaches to say everything. The players have to be responsible and take ownership of the team. Every day in practice there are situations where you need to say something and get a message across, but do it in the right way.

  Jeremy Lin

  Team, Player, Practice

  "Jeremy Lin: Taking Harvard basketball to new levels". StudentSoul.org Interview, studentsoul.intervarsity.org. March 12, 2010.

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• But if I had to do it, handle money, then I think I could be responsible, yes.

  Soundarya

  Thinking, Responsible, Handle

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• Our family adopted Paulie from a shelter as an 8-week-old puppy. We've had him for 11 years, and I think it was valuable for the kids to learn to be responsible for a pet. It's a wonderful thing for families - the unconditional love you get from a pet is something you carry with you for the rest of your life.

  Kyra Sedgwick

  Love You, Kids, Unconditional Love

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• The dangers is that every religion, including the Catholic one, says "I have the ultimate truth." Then you start to rely on the priest, the mullah, the rabbi, or whoever, to be responsible for your acts. In fact, you are the only one who is responsible.

  Paulo Coelho

  Spiritual, Truth, Catholic

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• I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

  Genevieve Gorder

  Stuff Happens, Done, Want

  "Genevieve Gorder trades places in 'Town Haul'". Interview with Jay Bobbin, poststar.com. January 21, 2005.

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• Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it. You have to do the hard work of finding and pleasing an audience.

  Seth Godin

  Hard Work, Firsts, Responsible

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• Free will is the thing you have to have if you're going to be responsible in this all-or-nothing way. That's what I mean by free will. That's what I think we haven't got and can't have.

  Galen Strawson

  Mean, Thinking, Way

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I think we should try to be responsible and educate ourselves. I'm simply doing that and traveling, learning first hand, and seeing first hand what's going on.

  Angelina Jolie

  Thinking, Hands, Trying

  "Angelina Jolie: Living up to Lara Croft". www.cnn.com. June 15, 2001.

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