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• The requirements of romantic love are difficult to satisfy in the back seat of a Dodge Dart.

  Lisa Alther

  Romantic Love, Dodge, Difficult

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• The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements.

  Andrey Illarionov

  Country, Kyoto Protocol, Growth

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• Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.

  Bruce Schneier

  Maintaining, Dignity, Privacy

  Bruce Schneier (2009). “Schneier on Security”, p.69, John Wiley & Sons

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• I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

  Paul Newman

  Emotional, Acting, Actors

  "Verdict on a Superstar". John Skow, Time Magazine, December 6, 1982.

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• Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a fundamental requirement of all artistic creativity that every student undergo a thorough training in the workshops of all branches of the crafts.

  Walter Gropius

  Art, Creativity, Training

  "Paul Klee, 1879-1940: Poet of Colours, Masters of Lines". Book by Paul Klee and Susanna Partsch, p. 47, 2000.

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• You know, when you do standup there are certain requirements that you have to do like you have to go on stage and when you get introduced you have to say "Hey,how ya doin'? How are ya?" I couldn't do it. It was false.

  Larry David

  Hey, Goes On, Like You

  "Who is Larry David?". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cbsnews.com. March 1, 2015.

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• Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Soul, Age, Needs

  "Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh, reference.bahai.org. 1978.

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• An intimate friend and a hated enemy have always been indispensable requirements for my emotional life; I have always been able to create them anew, and not infrequently my childish ideal has been so closely approached that friend and enemy coincided in the same person.

  Sigmund Freud

  Life, Emotional, Enemy

  Sigmund Freud, H. W. Chase (2016). “THE “UNCONSCIOUS” TRILOGY: The Interpretation of Dreams, Psychopathology of Everyday Life & Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious: The Dream Book, The Mistake Book, The Joke Book & Freud’s Theories of the Unconscious”, p.350, e-artnow

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• Design... is the integration of technological, social, and economical requirements, biological necessities, and the psychological effects of materials, shape, color, volume and space.

  Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

  Color, Space, Design

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• Abstract art as it is conceived at present is a game bequeathed to painting and sculpture by art history. One who accepts its premises must consent to limit his imagination to a depressing casuistry regarding the formal requirements of modernism.

  Harold Rosenberg

  Depressing, Art, Games

  Harold Rosenberg (1983). “Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations”, p.71, University of Chicago Press

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• Time and experience have forcefully taught that the power to inspect dwelling places, either as a matter of systematic area-by-area search or, as here, to treat a specific problem, is of indispensable importance in the maintenance of community health; a power that would be greatly hobbled by the blanket requirement of the safeguards necessary for a search of evidence of criminal acts.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Dwelling Place, Community, Criminals

  "Frank v. Maryland, 359 U.S. 360". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. May 4, 1959.

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• We must learn not to give up when requirements are not met or when commitments are broken. To do so is a refusal to allow mistakes to be corrected and a demonstration of an unwillingness to forgive yourself or anyone else who needs forgiveness.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Giving Up, Mistake, Commitment

  Iyanla Vanzant (2010). “Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through”, p.224, Hay House, Inc

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• It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.

  Bill W.

  Spiritual, Religious, Acceptance

  Robert Fitzgerald, Ed Dowling, Bill W. (1995). “The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S. J. and Bill Wilson in Letters”, p.32, Hazelden Publishing

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• The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

  John Ortberg

  Jesus, Heaven, News

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• If belief in evolution is a requirement to be a real scientist, it’s interesting to consider a quote from Dr. Marc Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School:
  “In fact, over the last 100 years, almost all of biology has proceeded independent of evolution, except evolutionary biology itself. Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, have not taken evolution into account at all.

  Marc Kirschner

  Real, Taken, School

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• Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. This requirement often changes the meaning of our ideas and works to elevate the ideas of dominant groups.

  Patricia Hill Collins

  Change, Ideas, Society

  Patricia Hill Collins (2002). “Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment”, p.7, Routledge

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• It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere.

  James Cameron

  Animal, Impact, Choices

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As far as your personal requirements are concerned, the ideal is to
  have fewer involvements, fewer obligations, and fewer affairs,
  business or whatever. However, so far as the interest of the larger
  community is concerned, you must have as many involvements as
  possible and as many activities as possible.

  Dalai Lama

  Community, Affair, Interest

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.191, Penguin Books India

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• No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

  Abdul Kalam

  Motivational, Killing Others, Promotion

  "Philosophy & Social Action", Vol. 29, Nr 1-4, (p. 20), 2003.

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• Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory.

  Stephen King

  Art, Hurt, Memories

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• Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world.
  The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son.
  The only requirement is to believe in Him.
  The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Christmas, Believe, Son

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• English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

  Ernest Istook

  Reading, House, Citizens

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• We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes. Meditation is the daily minimum requirement that will prevent us from breaking down and falling apart at the most inopportune moments. It is the art of listening. It is a practice which enables us to tune in and fine-tune the key areas of our lives: the mind and the spirit.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Art, Fall, Keys

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Nov 25, 2015

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• A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Life, Real

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• Feeling bad is not a requirement; it’s something we agree to. Cut it loose!

  Cheri Huber

  Cutting, Feelings, Feeling Bad

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