Commitment Quotes - Page 27

• I do not have any political commitments anymore. I'm politically a total agnostic; I'm one of the few writers in Italy who refuses to be identified with a specific political party.

  Italo Calvino

  Party, Political, Agnostic

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• The human venture depends absolutely on this quality of awe and reverence and joy in the Earth and all that lives and grows upon the Earth. As soon as we isolate ourselves from these currents of life and from the profound mood that these engender within us, then our basic life-satisfactions are diminished. None of our machine-made products, none of our computer-based achievements can evoke that total commitment to life.

  Thomas Berry

  Growing Up, Profound, Joy

  Thomas Berry (2011). “The Great Work: Our Way into the Future”, p.166, Crown

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• We need to consolidate our enlargement agenda but be cautious with new commitments.

  Olli Rehn

  Needs, Agendas, Enlargement

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• Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.

  David Limbaugh

  America, Optimism, Office

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• I take office during the most difficult moment in the country's recent history. The country can be saved - it's up to us. I think it is obvious for those who support this government to undertake the commitment and ensure that our country's euro membership is not endangered.

  Lucas Papademos

  Country, Thinking, Government

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• As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.

  Lucy Powell

  Night, Mps, Ifs And

  "Despite Sarah Palin, the glass ceiling for women in politics remains" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2008.

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• Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Past, Challenges, Strengthening

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

  Roy Romer

  Real, Guy, Politician

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• The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.

  Ted Rall

  Country, Years, Soldier

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• During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.

  Jessica Seinfeld

  Baby, School, Kids

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• In advanced practice there is a sense of commitment to the study. It is happy; it's never forced. It is a natural evolutionary process of an evolved being.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Practice, Balance

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• There's not a lot of room anymore for what I call 'made-up' drama. The drama comes from real places now - marriage takes work and focus, the kid stuff takes patience and commitment. And if you don't grow as people and as a couple, within all of that, then you've got some real drama.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Couple, Real, Drama

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• But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.

  Fred Thompson

  Country, Long, Decision

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• Nuclear is not only emissions-free, but renewing our commitment to nuclear power will create countless jobs at a time when our nation endures nearly double-digit unemployment.

  Fred Upton

  Jobs, Unemployment, Nuclear

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• It's my belief that, like every other American, gay and lesbian couples should be able to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and protect their families.

  Mark Udall

  Couple, Gay, Able

  FaceBook post by Mark Udall from Jun 28, 2013

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• My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.

  Carol Vorderman

  Kids, Whales, Mum

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• American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.

  R. James Woolsey, Jr.

  War, Corn, Terrorism

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• What matters to me is that one identifies one's genuine obsessions, one's genuine commitments, one's genuine appetites, one pursues them seriously and far.

  Leon Wieseltier

  What Matters, Obsession, Genuine

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• I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.

  Tim Yeo

  Couple, Cutting, Thinking

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• Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.

  Muhammad Ali

  Lying, Generosity, Understanding

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• The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression.

  Albert Camus

  Lying, Writing, Two

  Albert Camus (1960). “Speech of Acceptance Upon the Award of the Nobel Prize for Literature: Delivered in Stockholm on the Tenth of December, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-seven. [Translated by Justin O'Brien”

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• To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.

  Criss Jami

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.97, Criss Jami

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• A wife who is 85 percent faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.

  Vance Havner

  Loyalty, Jesus, Husband

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• I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.

  Rick Larsen

  Home, Years, Law

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• What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up.

  James Murdoch

  Trying, Energy, Firsts

  "My relationship with the chairman will be like that of any chief executive" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. November 09, 2003.

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