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civic civil literary novelist politics society state
One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of civil society, I will write an essay. The responsibilities you feel as a novelist are literary ones, I think, not civic ones. And I think politicians are interesting to write about. Thomas Mallon
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You no more have the right to risk others by failing to vaccinate than you do by sending your child to school with a hunting knife. Vaccination isn't a private choice but a civic obligation. Nicholas Kristof
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She just embodied the generation of civic duty. Her zeal and passion never stopped. This isn't like a phase she grew out of. E. O. Wilson
civic engagement leadership maybe people power themselves
Leadership and civic engagement are an important part of the Tufts education, ... People often get themselves into power who are very bright, but not necessarily wise, and maybe even foolish. Robert Sternberg
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She's a wonderful mother and role model through her faith and civic involvement and a very special grandmother. She has five grandchildren, and each of them think they're her favorite. Carolyn Bricklemyer
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But the Civic Forum has put me in a very visible position, and I expect that I will be in the parliament after the June elections. Vaclav Klaus
civic number
Number one, that civic center's got to go,
civic half kids matched playing pride quite scoreboard second won
I don't want our kids playing the scoreboard because, quite frankly, we won't always be here at the Civic Center. In the second half we matched baskets and we won by five. I don't think we should do that. We should take more pride in what we're doing. Jim Calhoun
civic community immune kids responsibility themselves top vigilant youth
No one community is immune to it. We try to be vigilant and on top of our responsibilities. Fire, police, youth leaders, churches, different civic groups, parents, schools, and the kids themselves all have the responsibility to keep kids safe. We all own it.
commitment favorite-words interesting
Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not. Carlos Ghosn
committing people underlying
We have to get at what's really going on here, what are the underlying causes, why are people committing the crimes?
committee raise
We have no money, so the committee will have to go out and raise it, period.
committed role singer stage truly
When you see a singer on stage who is 100% committed to the personality, character and temperament of the role being sung, it's truly awesome and very powerful.
committed filling quite
When you say you are going to do something, you get it done. I committed myself to filling them all. I didn't quite make it.
committed keeps
When you're with this many wonderful, committed people, it just keeps you going,
commitment people
We want people to know we take this very seriously. This isn't for us to go out there and play. It's a lifestyle, a commitment you've got to make.
committee guys hard instead replace trying
We were trying to go hard to get guys in here for competition. Instead of one guy, we may go by committee to try to replace Antoine.
commitment want lasts
Make sure to be honest with yourself, about if that's really what you want to do with your life - to make music. It takes a commitment - a tremendous, thick-skinned commitment of being the first one to get there and the last one to leave, doing what you want to do even if you have to work twice as hard as anybody else ever did. Charlie Daniels
constraint expand expansion freedom interest means shared understood value
Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations. Chuck Hagel
constraint home huge people worrying
Worrying about how you're going to make something is a huge constraint - most people can't make anything at home because it's too expensive. Hod Lipson
constraints
Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it. Andrew Greeley
constraint consumer higher housing interest oil prices rates rising slowing
Oil prices are higher and there's a constraint on the consumer because of that. You've also got rising interest rates and a slowing housing market.
constraint criminal limited matter media police subject
As a matter of principle, the media should never be subject to constraint by the police or the courts, even when limited to a criminal investigation.
constraints submit obedient
Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit Mikhail Bulgakov
constraint ease intel slow
Initiatives like those done at Intel could ease the constraint of some barriers. But it's still a slow process.
difficult fingers kids opening revised standard
We want to see a revised standard that narrows that opening and makes it more difficult for kids to get their fingers caught.
difficult five league percent shots
We have to get some shots to go in. We haven't shot 40 percent yet in five league games. That's pretty difficult to weather. Dan Monson
difficult team turn
We wanted to try to turn them into a jump-shooting team as much as possible. And we also wanted them to have to take difficult shots.
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We have played two really good teams who had something on the line. It was very difficult to win in San Angelo and (the Odessa High) game was very much like a playoff game for them.
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We have a young team this year and we're playing a difficult schedule. So I would say that I'm probably drawing from it even now, the things you have to do with a young team and how you have to handle them. That was an experience with that very young Duke team. As seniors, they made that first Final Four and the rest is history from there.
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The fact that she has multiple moves makes her difficult to guard. She used her up-and-under quite a bit. We fell for her fakes a lot.
difficulty sure treaty
The real difficulty is to make sure that such treaty obligations will be observed. Arthur Henderson
difficult hit players
When I'm in the zone, it's difficult for players to hit me. That's what I've been working on -- getting in the zone. Jose Contreras
difficult loving strengths
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. Sharon Salzberg
families good learned lives positive rather source stuff taken
We know we're grown-up guys, and we have families and stuff, but we've taken that as a positive source of art, rather than as a detriment. You know, how we feel about the stuff that we've learned over the lives that we've had, and how we feel about our families. That's where we're writing from, and it's a good thing. David Crosby
families half nearly struggling touch women
In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly half a century, is out of touch of what women and families are going through in California. Elizabeth Emken
families four hearts hurt last loved memory resolve whose
The last four years have not diluted the memory or weakened the resolve of our citizens. Four years later, our hearts still hurt for the families whose loved ones were murdered that day. John Doolittle
families public works
Most families aren't all in the public eye as we are. It works as a blessing. It works in our favor. Khloe Kardashian
families lived maybe overlooked sons wondering worrying
If I'm lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I'll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof. Julia Glass
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We are praying for their full and speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with their families and their loved ones. The White House is offering to help in any way as the government does when any American is injured in the line of work.
families grieving loved
We're grieving for our employees, our customers, their families and their loved ones. James Lee
families family gather morning
Our families should gather for family prayer morning and night. Joseph B. Wirthlin
families further kept payment prevent workers
Workers and their families should not have been kept waiting. Payment now should be speedy to prevent further hardship. Adrian Ross
involved parents reach sports
We want to reach out not just to sports fans, but parents who are involved in their kids' lives.
involved learn people prevention programs raise themselves
We want to raise awareness. For those who find out they are positive, we want to get them into care. For those who are negative, but are involved in high-risk behavior, we want to get them into prevention programs so that they learn to keep themselves safe. Unfortunately, there are too many people out there who don't think they are at risk.
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We have to get our priorities right. It is important that selectors, administrators, players and whoever else needs to be involved sits down and nuts that out. Adam Gilchrist
involved reports simply soldiers
We have reports that soldiers were also involved in the casualties, not simply civilians.
involved label matter muslims nation tried
I was involved with the Nation of Islam. I wasn't doing no marching. I've been involved with the Nation for 50 years. Back in those days, they tried to label us as black Muslims. There are Muslims all over the world. It doesn't have to be black; it doesn't matter what color he is.
involved meet men saying
I'm always saying I won't get involved with an actor again, but then I realize how silly that is. The men I meet most often are actors.
involved ireland northern open screen time
I'm involved in Northern Ireland Screen and have been for a long time, so I keep my eyes open and ears to the ground. Kenneth Branagh
involved leave shoot video water
We're going to shoot the video in Spain, and there'll be water involved -- and I'm going to leave it at that.
involved
We're going to have 13 different departments involved in this deployment Greg Brown
leadership sports dream
A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true. Carol Mann
leadership acting needs
Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
leadership pieces roles
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
leadership great-leader stage
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects. Charles de Gaulle
leadership men endeavor
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
leadership men importance
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
leadership inspiration elements
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
leadership death witty
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
leadership hope encouragement
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. Charles Caleb Colton
puts
This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting. Larry Coker
puts side table
This puts them on the same side of the table as you,
puts risk
Usually, because society's inequalities puts them at risk -- unjust, unconscionable risk. Kofi Annan
puts till understand words
There are those who understand everything till one puts it into words
puts
Certainly, I don't think it puts us at a (recruiting) disadvantage. Jeff Long
puts
He comes out to compete. He comes out and puts up MVP numbers. Mack Strong
puts town
It essentially puts our little town on the map.
puts yankee
Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win! Phil Rizzuto
puts roy
Roy is not a promoter. He's very laid-back. That's not a show he puts on. Phil Garner
time math science
I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them. Carl Friedrich Gauss
time writing math
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.
time time-management enough
There's time enough, but none to spare. Charles W. Chesnutt
time dark mind
In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle. Charles de Lint
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
today garbage ordinary
Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. Carl Bernstein
today dishes britain
Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala. Aasif Mandvi
today problem killing
Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem. Brent Scowcroft
today language sometimes
Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. Diane Wakoski
today states form
States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize today. David Graeber
today
Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself. Byron Katie
today
We are here today because we want to be responsible stewards of the surplus, Olympia Snowe
today facts roles
Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it. Jared Diamond
today lasts next
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem. Alan Perlis