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“I've lost, but I also gained a lot. I'm a creative person, and no one can take that away from me. I've been told I committed professional suicide because it was the only escape from the terrible pressures I was facing. What do you think?”

Thinking Persons Lost Creative Terrible Pressure Suicide Committed Creative Person

Author:John Galliano

“The reason I am so passionately committed to the psychedelic thing is because I see it as radical, and if this is not the moment for radical solutions, what is?”

Ifs Reason Moments Solutions Committed Radical Psychedelic

Author:Terence McKenna

“We killed 5 terrorists, one committed twicide, The other 2 have been blocked by twitter.”

Has Beens Committed Terrorist Blocked

Author:Joseph Ole Lenku

“Trials are sent to some so as to take away past sins, to others so as to eradicate sins now being committed, and to yet others so as to forestall sins which may be committed in the future. These are distinct from the trials that arise in order to test men in the way that Job was tested.”

Men Way May Jobs Past Order Sin Tests Committed Trials Arise Tested

Author:Maximus the Confessor

“It has been left to the last Christians, or rather to the first Christians fully committed to blaspheming and denying Christianity, to invent a new kind of worship of Sex, which is not even a worship of Life. It has been left to the very latest Modernists to proclaim an erotic religion which at once exalts lust and forbids fertility . . . The new priests abolish the fatherhood and keep the feast - to themselves.”

Firsts Kind Has Beens Christian Lasts Left Sex Christianity Worship Committed Lust Priests Fatherhood Erotic Abolish Fertility

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication.”

Sometimes Action Law Evil Ought Committed Senses Intoxication

Book:Franklin Evans, Or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times

Source: Franklin Evans, Or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times

“The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership.... a leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures.”

“This is a general comment that you should take a committed dose of whatever it is you're taking so that there is no ambiguity, because there's nothing worse than a sub-threshold psychedelic experience.”

Should Committed Comment Ambiguity Psychedelic Threshold Dose Psychedelic Experience

Author:Terence McKenna

“If you want real, significant, sustainable change, you need talented, committed local line leaders. If the line manager is not innovating, then innovation is not going to occur.”

Ifs Want Needs Real Lines Leader Innovation Committed Significant Locals Managers

Author:Peter Senge

“People don't really know whether they are committed to something until they face adversity.”

People Knows Faces Adversity Committed

Book:Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell

Source: Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell

“We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.”

Want Desire Special Committed Something Special

Author:Ashton Kutcher

“Religion is good, as it controls the people that don't have the intelligence to make worthwhile decisions. However, it could be debated as to whether this makes up for the atrocities committed by these people.”

People Decision Committed Worthwhile Atrocities Atrocities Committed

Author:Ryan Hofmeister

“I have just committed the mortal sin of laughing in the Members' Library. No-one around here has done that for a while.”

Done Sin Laughing Members Library Committed Mortals Mortal Sin

Author:Nadine Dorries

“I was completely unhealthy, obese, so I committed to running three miles every morning for six months and following a strict diet, and 100 pounds came off.”

Running Three Morning Months Six Committed Following Miles Diets Pounds Every Morning Strict Six Months Unhealthy Obese

Author:Josh Young

“The way you can recognize to what you are committed to is by your actual results. What you have gotten in life is a direct result (good or bad) to what you have been committed to.”

Way Has Beens Life Is Results Direct Committed

Author:John Phillips

“A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.”

“When you're dealing with shooting a lot of live action in 3D, you're committed to how much 3D you're giving the audience.”

Giving Action Audience Committed Shooting

Author:Bryan Singer

“There's something really nice about having a group of people that you're committed to, that you work with and that there's a future in it. Film is like a party, and then it's over, whereas this hopefully feels like a family.”

People Feels Film Party Nice Groups Committed Hopefully Really Nice

Author:Radha Mitchell

“For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice.”

Justice Compassion Exercise Committed Prophetic Courage To Love

Author:Cornel West

“The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak, it means then that if you have a prophetic sensibility, you are committed to loving others and if you love others, you hate injustice.”

Ifs Mean Suffering Hate Speak Conditions Truth Is Injustice Committed Sensibility Prophetic Loving Others

Author:Cornel West

“I would say to people is, that investigation, as it has already been stated, is a marathon and not a sprint. But it is one of great concern to the American people. And so we're committed to keeping people informed.”

People Concern Committed Investigation Marathon Sprint

Author:Barack Obama

“Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act.”

Ifs Want Moving Information Congress Currents Committed Moving Forward

Author:Barack Obama

“I love the Hunger Games books. Certainly, the fans are there. They're grown enormously since the beginning. When I first brought the books to Lionsgate, they had sold about 150,000 copies, which is a very good result for a YA book. And to their credit, Lionsgate was very excited and committed to the movie, from the beginning.”

Firsts Book Games Results Fans Very Good Hunger Committed Excited Credit Copies Hunger Games Book Game Book

Author:Nina Jacobson

“There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.”

Mean War States United United States Subjects Crime Republican Soldier Congress Committed Graves Conventions Penalties Death Penalty Commanders Breach War Crimes Geneva Geneva Convention

Author:Noam Chomsky

“Many in positions of authority lack the capabilities to truly lead. They are not credible. They do not command genuine respect. They are not committed to serve. They are not continually learning and growing. They are not wise.”

Wise Growing Position Authority Committed Genuine Command Capability Credible Learning And Growing Continually Learning

Book:Leading Consciously

Source: Leading Consciously

“The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for inspiration.”

People Inspiration Waiting Mistake Half Genius Committed One Mistake

Author:Philip Gilbert Hamerton

“People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?”

People Care Three Asks Leader Committed I Trust You Do You Care Can I Trust You

Author:Lou Holtz

“One can be committed to conformity or one can be committed to truth, but not both.”

Committed Conformity

Author:George H. Smith

“Destruction is not the law of humans. Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.”

Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“Where I grew up in Brooklyn, nobody committed suicide. Everyone was too unhappy.”

Grew Grew Up Suicide Committed Unhappy Brooklyn

Author:Woody Allen

“Congregational singing is a holy act, and as I organize my thoughts, I hear my old pastor, Alistair Begg, reminding me that in our song worship, we have to be spiritually alive (dead people don't sing), spiritually assisted (through the enabling of the Holy Spirit), and spiritually active (committed to daily walking with the Lord).”

People Spirit Song Lord Alive Walking Holy Worship Singing Committed Active Holy Spirit Organize Pastor My Thoughts Reminding Enabling Dead People

Author:Keith Getty

“In an all-out nuclear war, more destructive power than in all of World War II would be unleashed every second during the long afternoon it would take for all the missiles and bombs to fall. A World War II every second-more people killed in the first few hours than all the wars of history put together. The survivors, if any, would live in despair amid the poisoned ruins of a civilization that had committed suicide.”

Source: Jimmy Carter

“And though I am a committed Christian, I believe everyone has the right to their own religion - be you Hindu, Jewish, or Muslim, I believe there are infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior.”

Believe Christian Jesus I Believe Christ Accepting Path Jesus Christ Infinite Committed Savior Be You

Author:Stephen Colbert

“My mother-in-law must be the probation officer I got for the crime I committed of marrying my husband.”

Law Mother Crime Husband Committed My Husband Officers In-laws Marrying Mother In Law Probation

Author:Phyllis Diller

“The election of a man committed to the cause of freedom and the renewal of America's strength has given encouragement to all those who love liberty.”

Men America Given Causes Liberty Encouragement Election Committed Renewal

Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“All previous crimes of the Russian empire had been committed under the cover of a discreet shadow. The deportation of a million Lithuanians, the murder of hundreds of thousands of Poles, the liquidation of the Crimean Tatars remain in our memory, but no photographic documentation exists; sooner or later they will therefore be proclaimed as fabrications.”

Memories Millions Crime Shadow Murder Committed Empires Sooner Or Later Our Memories Documentation Discreet Fabrication Deportation Lithuanians

Author:Milan Kundera

“Orthodox Jews, or, as they are known in the Talmud, the Really Chosen Ones, are committed to the idea that the entire Torah was dictated by God verbatim to Moses at Mount Sinai... Other forms of Judaism dispute this claim, although it does explain certain passages in the first Torah, such as, I'm sorry, am I boring you? and What do you like better, Moses, Lord Almighty or Big Hoohah?”

Firsts Doe Ideas Bigs Form Certain Known Lord Claims Sorry Committed Jew Boring Chosen Orthodox Passages Almighty I'm Sorry Judaism Disputes Moses Torah Chosen One Sinai

Author:Jon Stewart

“Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.”

“There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire.”

Kind Fire Soldier Committed All Kinds Shooting Zone Atrocities Harassment Interdiction

Author:John F. Kerry

“Jason Alexander is a committed actor, he went from working on a show about nothing to actually doing nothing.”

Shows Actors Committed Doing Nothing Jason

Author:Artie Lange

“I understand we have to keep a significant amount of fossil fuel in the ground. I`m committed to that. But I`m not going to just all of a sudden try to stop the cars of California or to increase dramatically the number of ships carrying oil into the state when we already have our own production.”

Trying States Numbers Car Amount Increase Committed Productions Oil Significant Ships California Fuel Fossils Fossil Fuel

Author:Jerry Brown

“When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period.”

Fighting Periods Committed

Author:Cornel West

“Kristen is really focused and really quiet, as an actress. She just does her thing, but she's cool. I like her. I know a lot of people have mixed comments about her, but I think she's a rad person. She's just focused on what she's doing, as an actress, and she wants to pick the right roles, and she's committed to her craft. She's really cool. We got along. There weren't any tensions or anything.”

People Thinking Knows Want Persons Doe Roles Quiet Picks Committed Focused Actresses Crafts Tension Comment Really Cool Like Her Rad

Author:Tinsel Korey

“I want them to be fully committed to the work place and fully committed to the people they work for. (on Manchester City players)”

People Want Cities Player England Committed Manchester Work Place Manchester City

Author:Stuart Pearce

“But it's not just "Do you want a hit?" More importantly, it has to be something we - the artist and I - like. If you go in just wanting a hit song, it's not going to happen that way. You have to first be committed to making music you like.”

Ifs Way Want Firsts Happens Artist Song Committed

Author:Lukasz Gottwald

“I would agree with [criminal suspects being subjected to a DNA test after arrest]...if that's one step closer to finding out who has (committed a crime), then I think we should do it.”

Ifs Thinking Should Steps Crime Findings Tests Agree Committed Criminals Suspects Dna

Author:Erin Brady

“I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.”

Real Father Christ Church Died Raised Committed Baptists Father Died My Father Died

Author:T. D. Jakes

“The image wanders ghostlike through the present. Ghostly apparitions occur only in places where a terrible deed has been committed.”

Has Beens Terrible Committed Deeds Wander Apparitions

Author:Siegfried Kracauer

“I would be misleading you if I made you feel that we could win a violent campaign. It's impractical even to think about it. The minute we start, we will end up getting many more people killed unnecessarily. Now, I'm ready to die myself. Many other committed people are ready to die. If you believe in something firmly, if you believe in it truly, if you believe it in your heart, you are willing to die for it, but I'm not going to advocate a method that brings about unnecessary death.”

“Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?”

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