Committed Quotes - Page 9

• 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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• [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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• 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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• Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.

  Tony Campolo

  Party, Republican, Claims

  "The Surprising Evangelical Support for Newt Gingrich" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 27, 2012.

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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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• "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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and the other postwar horrors are contained within the supreme international crime committed by the invaders.

  Noam Chomsky

  Military, Focus, News

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• People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget that. I think that's what you have to be committed to if you're an artist, that's where the good feelings come from. It's so easy to get caught up in other stuff, like the business part of it. If you just have to be aware, just keep putting it out there.

  Kalup Linzy

  Artist, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In the town of Ravella, where I have a house, when the Supreme Court said that an act of sodomy, as they describe it, could not be committed between a man and his wife, the entire square burst into laughter.

  Gore Vidal

  Laughter, Men, Squares

  "Fresh Air Remembers Writer And Critic Gore Vidal". www.npr.org. August 2, 2012.

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• Be a Mother who is committed to loving her children into standing on higher ground than the environment surrounding them. Mothers are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the earth.

  Marjorie Pay Hinckley

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it off.

  John Eliot

  Motivational, Achievement, Top Performers

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• You can do all these kinds of things that are up close and personal, but you really have to bring your strength, and really - you have to really be committed to actually strangle the life out of somebody, to crush their larynx and just squeeze every drop of life out of them.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Crush, Kind, Can Do

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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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• 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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• You need to identify the values that come out of that kind of belief system, because I don't see them. All the polls I look at say, for example, that adultery is committed as much in the Bible Belt as in any other part of the country. The same goes for abortion, child abuse, spouse abuse or murder.

  John Shelby Spong

  Country, Children, Abortion

  Source: mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com

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• I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Children, Husband, Commitment

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 4, 2013.

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• I'm committed to evolving and growing and sitting at the head of my own table with no fears or limitations. But I've also learned to be more open now and more spontaneous in life.

  Alicia Keys

  Sitting, Growing, Tables

  "Alicia Keys Talks Inspiration, Family And Prayer With ORIGIN Magazine (PHOTOS)". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 1, 2013.

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• My role relationship to the event will continue to mutate. My relationship to my mother will continue to change as I revise my judgments of her depending on what I learn about her. It goes on. But I feel no less obsessive about my work and no less passionately committed to the life I have now, but I feel poised inside. Which is a good thing to feel at 48.

  James Ellroy

  Mother, Events, Roles

  "The Onion talks to crime-fiction kingpin James Ellroy". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. November 20, 1996.

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• I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Mean, Ideas, Justice

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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