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Needs Quotes


"Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to."


"Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings."


"I'm not trying to get back on a team, but I have tried to stay in shape just in case a team needs a point guard. A championship team. I wouldn't go to any other team."


"But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen."


"Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts."


"Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs."


"I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract."



"I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term."


"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."


"That difficult place to put your finger on about the world - it needs to be illustrated."


"I don't know Bill Clinton as someone who needs to literally sexually harass a woman. I'm sure that he could have found many willing participants."



"I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met."


"It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good."


"I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly."


"All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all."


"The child who acts unlovable is the child who most needs to be loved."


"An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties."


"We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled."


"The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness."


"Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him."


"It sort of filtered into their subconscious through motion pictures, but it's an historical secret. This - whatever this is - needs to be studied and, in a kind of definitive way, talked about."


"Power, Water and Roads...Earlier only these were considered as basic requirements for the poor. But we have added more to it - Education and Health. By giving impetus to these five elements, we are not only creating employment opportunities but also securing their future. And, that is why the mantra of 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas' is resonating across the country."


"For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture."


"All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms."


"Needs are imposed by nature. Wants are sold by society."


"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."


"There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair."


"McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base."



"What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian."


"Everybody needs feedback, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than paying a trainer."


"If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary."


"Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn."


"It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good."


"To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes."
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