Responsibility Quotes
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You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.
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The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.
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My sense of responsibility to the audience is to screen things that they would never see in a local theater.
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I live in an ecotone. Employment must coexist with goofing off. Responsibility must coexist with irresponsibility.
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Look for and find the really good horses in your organization and run them hard. Push them and challenge them with greater levels of responsibility.
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He is careful to deny responsibility for September, but he does not, you notice, condemn the killings. He also refrains from killing words, sparing Roland and Buzot, as if they were beneath his notice. August 10 was illegal, he says; so too was the taking of the Bastille. What account can we take of that, in revolution? It is the nature of revolutions to break laws. We are not justices of the peace; we are legislators to a new world.
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I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel is proper.
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The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.
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I'm not wild about accepting responsibility without authority. Why should my people be?
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Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.
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Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him.
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I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.
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The primary role of the church is to reflect God's value system in society and to train people in that value system. It's not the government's responsibility, nor are they equipped to do that on the most local level where the need exists.
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The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.
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Charitable involvement, social impact, and global responsibility have always been important at Bain Capital.
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Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity.
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You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.
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The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that somebody else must provide those goodies at their expense, while the politicians take credit for generosity and compassion.
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Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument; it means effort and endeavor to reach compromise and long-lasting consensus. These form the cornerstones of the only form of political system that can guarantee freedom.
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When you start to live in a situation like that . . . it creates a sense of responsibility to your own life to do something that can help others.
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We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
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Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation, and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks, and accept responsibility for making change happen.
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It's my responsibility as an artist and public figure to put the right frequency out there.
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On the one hand, we are faced with the stewardship of this beautiful, subtle, incredibly delicate, fragile planet. On the other, we confront the destiny of our fellow man, our brothers. How can we say that we are followers of Christ if this dual responsibility does not seem to us the essence and heart of our religion?
