Commitment Quotes - Page 37

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

  Olli Rehn

  Needs, Agendas, Enlargement

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• At XL, we tackle risk like no one else, analyzing deeper and listening closely to our clients to create solutions that unleash the world's capacity to advance. By helping our clients unlock their full potential, we fulfill our own. Our new brand demonstrates this unique outlook and the commitment and value we bring to clients.

  Mike McGavick

  Unique, Risk, Listening

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• Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.

  Rebel Wilson

  America, Appearance, Contracts

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• We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Liberty, Doe, Definitions

  "Existentialism Is a Humanism". Lecture, 1946.

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