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• I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie.

  Ruben Ostlund

  Character, Responsibility, Thinking

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• Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.

  Napoleon Hill

  Failure, Responsibility, Plans

  "Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success".

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• We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude, hopeful attempt to talk about how we all might feel on that day of great power, and great responsibility.

  Grant Morrison

  Responsibility, Hopeful, Superhero

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• All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.

  Vera Nazarian

  Responsibility, Knowing, Stories

  Vera Nazarian (2004). “Dreams of the Compass Rose”, p.174, Wildside Press LLC

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• Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.)

  Tom Angleberger

  Uncles, Responsibility, Men

  Tom Angleberger (2012). “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda”, p.110, Abrams

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• No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the difference of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about you, it is important for you Latter-day Saint women to understand that the Lord holds motherhood and mothers sacred and in the highest esteem. He has entrusted to his daughters the great responsibility of bearing and nurturing children.... There is divinity in each new life.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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• The Lord has told me that the last generation before His final coming will consist of His choicest children since the creation of the earth. But you will face a world filled with much pain and evil. Men...will gain great power over God's children. Youth such as yourselves will have a great responsibility to build up a pure and undefiled people in the midst of all this pain.

  Chris Heimerdinger

  Children, Pain, Responsibility

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• Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Responsibility, People, Promise

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• Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.

  Margaret Thatcher

  War, Responsibility, Men

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• As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

  Dieter Rams

  Believe, Mean, Responsibility

  "Looks familiar? Apple classics and their 1960s ancestors" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2008.

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• We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.

  Dan Millman

  Blessed, Responsibility, Choices

  Dan Millman (2001). “The Laws of Spirit: Simple, Powerful Truths for Making Life Work”, p.17, H J Kramer

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• Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado? Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.

  Marie Colvin

  War, Responsibility, Difficult Choices

  "Opinion: Colvin fought injustice, armed only with words and images" by Hannah Storm, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2012.

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• I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Military, Taken, Responsibility

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• For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.

  Kate Bush

  Children, School, Responsibility

  Interview with Brendan Martin, www.brendan.co.uk. April 7, 1978.

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• Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them.

  Buck Brannaman

  Dog, Horse, Children

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• There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

  Andriy Shevchenko

  Country, Team, Responsibility

  "Shevchenko want to end career on a high". edition.cnn.com. December 9, 2011.

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• One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.

  Alice Walton

  Responsibility, Assets, Manage

  "Alice's Wonderland" by Rebecca Mead, www.newyorker.com. June 27, 2011.

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• And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young.

  Jackie DeShannon

  Responsibility, Long, Way

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• For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure the right people hear it. When you photograph somebody who is in pain or discomfort, they trust you to make sure the images will act as their advocate.

  Giles Duley

  Photography, Pain, Responsibility

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• I feel that I'm very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Blessed, Responsibility

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• I'm moving into that eldership age, you know? I'm at the 'wise woman' age where it's not about learning, but utilizing the information that I have in a way that serves other people. That's
  a high calling and it's a great responsibility.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Wise, Moving, Responsibility

  "EXCLUSIVE: Iyanla Vanzant Dishes on Fix My Life, Growth, and Her Mission for Viewers". Interview with Regina R. Robertson, www.essence.com. September 14, 2012.

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• To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

  Dean Acheson

  Responsibility, Littles, Authority

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• Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.

  Valentina Tereshkova

  Moving, Responsibility, Space

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• To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace.

  Pablo Casals

  Humility, Responsibility, Thinking

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• Some people come to me and say, "Mr. Moody, don't you feel a great responsibility when you come before an audience like this - don't you feel a great weight upon your shoulders?" "Well." I say, "no; I cannot convert men; I can only proclaim the Gospel.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Responsibility, Men, People

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