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• Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.

  Jennifer O'Neill

  Responsibility, Might, Blame

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• Few people will turn to themselves to take responsibility for their results until they have exhausted all opportunities to blame someone else.

  Larry Winget

  Responsibility, Opportunity, People

  Larry Winget (2011). “Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life”, p.36, John Wiley & Sons

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• When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things.

  Felix Dennis

  Real, Responsibility, New Ventures

  Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.98, Penguin

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• Fear is killing us, but true love can survive. If we cooperate, we can beat doubt. But first, rebuild trust. Take responsibility. Happiness is still free, though not always apparent when it's right in front of us. So keep calm, it's gonna get better.

  Patrick Stump

  Responsibility, Doubt, Get Better

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• The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Real, Responsibility, Goal

  John Taylor Gatto (2000). “A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling”

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• Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be passive.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Children, Responsibility, Play

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• We, the present-day political leaders, are called upon to take responsibility for making joint decisions upon which the prosperity of future generations will heavily depend. Serbia may be a small country yet, through partner cooperation with others, it can confront all challenges and address problems that overcome its capacities.

  Tomislav Nikolic

  Country, Responsibility, Decision

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• And we reduce almost all male-female problems by working on both the female and the male. And that usually means having both sexes take responsibility.

  Warren Farrell

  Sex, Mean, Responsibility

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• All good men and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation to a level we could only imagine.

  Jim Rohn

  Responsibility, Men, Good Man

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• A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Responsibility, Accepting

  "Fictional character: Lee". "Enter the Dragon", www.imdb.com. 1973.

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• I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Responsibility, Vegetarianism, People

  "Frances Moore Lappe: Diet for a Small Planet". Interview with Steve Keull and Pat Stone, www.motherearthnews.com. March/April 1982.

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• We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a 'smart mob' doesn't guarantee that you're a responsible participant or collaborator.

  Howard Rheingold

  Smart, Responsibility, Guarantees That

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• Group Material is itself collaborative, which is non-hierarchical and we don't use the corporate model which is along lines of expertise but we work together and take responsibility as a group for every aspect of the work. And then there's a collaboration or dialogue with those artists and non-artists we work with, in terms of participation in the various projects.

  Julie Ault

  Responsibility, Artist, Together

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• To say that it is not our fault does not relieve us of responsibility. However, we may not have polluted the air, but we need to take responsibility, along with others, for cleaning it up. Each of us needs to look at our own behavior. Am I perpetuating and reinforcing the negative messages so pervasive in our culture, or am I seeking to challenge them?

  Beverly Daniel Tatum

  Responsibility, Air, Justice

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• Things change for the better when we take responsibility for our own thoughts, decisions and actions.

  Eric Thomas

  Success, Responsibility, Decision

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• I really need people to take responsibility for the kind of energy they bring to me.

  Jill Bolte Taylor

  Responsibility, People, Energy

  Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.127, Penguin

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• Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands.

  Andy Andrews

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Future

  Andy Andrews (2005). “The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success”, p.28, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives.

  James Bovard

  Responsibility, Political, Safe

  James Bovard (2015). “Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen”, p.272, Macmillan

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• Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.

  Louis Caldera

  New York, Responsibility, Confusion

  "White House apologizes for low-flying plane" by Mythili Rao, www.cnn.com. April 28, 2009.

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• Results show that just one year of chess tuition will improve a student's learning abilities, concentration, application, sense of logic, self-discipline, respect, behavior and the ability to take responsibility for his/her own actions.

  Garry Kasparov

  Responsibility, Self, Years

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• Are you willing to take responsibility for your team's culture or do you treat it like the weather - something that happens to you?

  Jared Spool

  Team, Responsibility, Weather

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• If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Responsibility, Being Positive

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.75, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.

  Ai Weiwei

  Responsibility

  Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress, twitter.com. July 23, 2015.

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• One of the most powerful things you can do is take responsibility for your life. Your choices. Your actions. Your Life.

  Jeanette Jenkins

  Powerful, Responsibility, Choices

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle.

  Laura Berman

  Responsibility, Waiting, Miracle

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