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Responsibility Quotes
"And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all."
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"It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow."
62
"Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy."
60
"Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain."
45
"My sense of responsibility to the audience is to screen things that they would never see in a local theater."
43
"The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top."
38
"For know, dear ones, that every one of us is undoubtedly responsible for all men- and everything on earth, not merely through the general sinfulness of creation, but each one personally for all mankind and every individual man. This knowledge is the crown of life for the monk and for every man. For monks are not a special sort of men, but only what all men ought to be. Only through that knowledge, our heart grows soft with infinite, universal, inexhaustible love. Then every one of you will have the power to win over the whole world by love and to wash away the sins of the world with your tears."
35
"Never blame anyone for your life. You are responsible for you."
33
"The social arrangements that produce responsibility are arrangements that create coercion, of some sort."
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"By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself."
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"It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment."
23
"I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got."
23
"I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me."
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"If we act in clean way, we shall clear the city of any dirt."
22
"As a believer, you need to take responsibility of the Kingdom of God on earth."
22
"If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country."
21
"There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility."
21
"Letting someone control your life for you and decide what you will be is a sure way of creating things to regret on the day of reckoning."
21
"We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always voice any corrections so that the ignorant become informed and justice is never ignored. Every time a person allows an act of ignorance to happen, they delay our progress for true change. Every person, molecule and thing matters. We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right."
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"As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians."
20
"As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act."
20
"My job had been to get the package from point A to point B and what happened after that did not need to concern me. I was just the mule."
20
"It is in your hands to make life miserable or happy. No religion, spiritual leaders or knowledge will ever make you fully satisfied."
19
"What must occur is a greater recognition by investors of their individual responsibility."
19
"I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well."
19
"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."
19
"I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers."
18
"Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it."
18
"We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges."
17
"You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do."
17
"To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of."
17
"Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal."
17
"I need to complete my homework on time."
17
"Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?"
17
"I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy."
16
"We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page."
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"The reason your life stays the same is because you think everyone else is the problem. Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it."
16
"It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it."
16
"Your responsibility is your accurate response to the ability within you, when you respond less accurately than the ability you have it becomes irresponsibility."
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"If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones."
15
"I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift."
15
"I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility."
15
"We can either own our circumstances and be creative in them, or we can throw up our hands and say, I cannot be held accountable because the conditions are not ideal."
15
"I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn't matter. We all know the country's in trouble. We may disagree on how to solve it, but we all know the country's in trouble."
15
"You are responsible for everything you TWEET and RETWEET."
15
"We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand."
14
"We took our eye off the ball as a company."
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