A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.
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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
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Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
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I'm a Libra. That means that I can make a decision, but only after much thought.
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I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.
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When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?'
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Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!
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I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
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I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities.
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The problem with every judgment of sexual behavior is that it is made by people who aren’t being stimulated as they are making the judgment. A jury that sees a woman in a sterile courtroom, asks her what she wanted, and then assumes that anything else she did was the responsibility of the man is insulting not only the woman but the power of sex.
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Artists and celebrities are citizens, and as such you have a responsibility to keep fighting for justice because there are monolithic power structures and systemic oppression out there.
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It's our responsibility to cater to the needs of people who come and enjoy our work who have the same values we do. We're not trying to change the world. We're just sort of trying to deal with our specific lens of performance.
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There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.
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I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
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To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.
