Quotes with demands

  • All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
  • We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
  • We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.
  • But if two's company, three's a crowd - and that demands the omniscient point of view.
  • Our markets have not achieved their great successes as a result of government fiat, but rather through efforts of competing interests working to meet the demands of investors and to fulfill the promises posed by advancing technology.
  • The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
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  • Confucius Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Carre Otis Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.
    Carre Otis
    American model and actress (1968 - )
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  • Albert Einstein Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Ralph Ransom All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
    Ralph Ransom
    American art painter
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  • Bainbridge Colby Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Barkley was the first of many American skyjackers whose primary interest was money; by 1972, the majority of the nation's hijackings would involve demands for ransom. Barkley himself was declared incompetent to stand trial in November 1971, at which point he was committed to a psychiatric hospital in Georgia.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Arthur Herzog But if two's company, three's a crowd - and that demands the omniscient point of view.
    Arthur Herzog
    American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist (1927 - 2010)
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  • Caroline Knapp By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known, has to allow her own self-awareness to inform the events she describes.
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • Bernard Crick Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.
    In Defence Of Politics A Footnote To Rally The Academic, p. 164
    Bernard Crick
    British political theorist (1929 - 2008)
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  • Erwin W. Lutzer Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations.
    Erwin W. Lutzer
    American evangelical Christian pastor
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  • Abdul Kalam Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Albert Bandura Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences.
    Albert Bandura
    Canadian-American psychologist (1925 - )
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  • Alice S. Rossi Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.
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  • Bill Sienkiewicz Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.
    Bill Sienkiewicz
    American artist (1958 - )
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  • Brit Morin Don't let a lack of big company names on your resume get you down, but also, don't let it feed a Silicon Valley ego. Oftentimes, the best candidates come from startups or smaller companies. It shows they are open to risk and can keep up with the long hours and occasional harsh demands.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
    Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions (1986)
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Bruno Dumont Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Beryl Markham For all professional pilots there exists a kind of guild, without charter and without by-laws. It demands no requirements for inclusion save an understanding of the wind, the compass, the rudder, and fair fellowship.
    Beryl Markham
    English-born Kenyan aviator, racehorse trainer and author (1902 - 1986)
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