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“For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure the right people hear it. When you photograph somebody who is in pain or discomfort, they trust you to make sure the images will act as their advocate.”

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Author:Giles Duley

“I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves a fair shake. It's like being the executor of their estate in some ways.”

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Author:Vincent Piazza

“America is a large country and its people have so far not shown much interest in great international problems, among which the problem of disarmament occupies first place today. This must be changed, if only in America's own interest. The last war has shown that there are no longer any barriers between the continents and that the destinies of all countries are closely interwoven. The people of this country must realize that they have a great responsibility in the sphere of international politics. The part of passive spectator is unworthy of this country and is bound in the end to lead to disaster all round.”

“The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.”

Source: Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings

“When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.”

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Author:A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

“Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you have too much power - therefore you have too much responsibility - and you're a kind of dictator.”

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Author:Will Self

“I believe that with great wealth comes great responsibility, a responsibility to give back to society and a responsibility to see that those resources are put to work in the best possible way to help those most in need.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“We have a great responsibility. Whatever we make will become the truth, the visual reality that a generation will accept.”

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Author:James Cameron

“As designers we have a great responsibility.”

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Author:Dieter Rams

“I bear a burden that might well try Men that do all by rule, And what can I That am a wandering-witted fool But pray to God that He ease My great responsibilities?”

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Book:Later Poems

Source: Later Poems

“Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.”

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Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“My dad always said to me that with fame comes great responsibility, which has always stuck with me, even though I think he stole that line from Spiderman.”

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Author:Missy Higgins

“I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.”

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Author:Trey Anastasio

“I come here because it is fun. I have fun when I come here. I do not come here because I feel that I have any great responsibility for your beings or welfare. Who am I to set myself against the innate wisdom of your own individual being, or to take upon my invisible shoulders the great privilege or joyful responsibility for your behavior and destiny?”

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Author:Seth

“There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great responsibilities, whether it will or no. We have now reached that time. We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupy a new place among the people of the world.”

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Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“There's definitely a sense of responsibility and it's something I take very seriously. It's an honor. There's pressure, but that's a good thing and something I feel very fortunate to have. I take great responsibility for it. Not every number gives you pressure. This number, the No. 3, means so much. It pushes me to be better, to go to the gym, to talk to my crew chief Gil Martin, and to be with the guys on the team every day. The number pushes me and that's a good thing.”

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Author:Austin Dillon

“To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.”

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Author:Dean Acheson

“Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious traditions have a great responsibility to provide peace of mind and a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood among humanity.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie.”

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Author:Ruben Ostlund

“Some people come to me and say, "Mr. Moody, don't you feel a great responsibility when you come before an audience like this - don't you feel a great weight upon your shoulders?" "Well." I say, "no; I cannot convert men; I can only proclaim the Gospel.”

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Author:Dwight L. Moody

“Understanding who we are, where we came from, and why we are upon the earth places upon each of us a great responsibility both to learn how to learn and to learn to love learning.”

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Author:David A. Bednar

“The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.”

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Author:Jesse Jackson

“I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish.”

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Author:Eddie Marsan

“Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.”

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Author:Radhanath Swami

“To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace.”

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Author:Pablo Casals

“I think one has to understand, not as a theory, not as a speculative, entertaining concept, but rather as an actual fact - that we are the world and the world is us. The world is each one of us; to feel that, to be really committed to it and to nothing else, brings about a feeling of great responsibility and an action that must not be fragmentary, but whole.”

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Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“'m the second oldest of eight kids. I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to. Nowadays, influencers do anything to keep up with each other for attention, and it's not always something today's youth should mimic. I understand that with great influence comes great responsibility.”

“With great influence comes great responsibility.”

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Author:Melanie Iglesias

“I assume most people trust me, if they vote for me in elections. And it is the most important thing. It places great responsibility on me, immense responsibility. I am grateful to the people for that trust, but I surely feel great responsibility for what I do and for the result of my work.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“I take great responsibility in any character that I play.”

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Author:Jessica Chastain

“Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.”

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Author:Frank B. Kellogg

“I know that given great responsibility men sometimes change, but Mr. Nixon's Presidency would worry me.”

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Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“I don't want to be precious or weird . It's lovely to be recognized by people who like your work, and it's not as if I've done a Marvel movie. People say that with great power comes great responsibility, but it's more like shitty things will happen if you take certain jobs.”

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Author:Mackenzie Davis

“I am the first one in my family to go to college and I felt a great responsibility when I was at school, because my family was making so many sacrifices for me to be there. I was raised by a single mother, my grandmother got on the plane and helped me move to New York and moved me into the dorm. It was just a big moment, and, yes, it was my dream to be an actress, but also I didn't want to let them down.”

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Author:Jessica Chastain

“Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends and allies stopped Gadhafi's forces in their tracks. A coalition that included the United States, NATO and Arab nations persevered to protect Libyan civilians. So this is a momentous day in the history of Libya. The dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted, and with this enormous promise the Libyan people now have a great responsibility: to build an inclusive and tolerant and democratic Libya that stands as the ultimate rebuke to Gadhafi's dictatorship.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

“We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.”

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Author:Bill Maher

“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.”

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Author:Louis Nizer

“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”

“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”

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Book:The Reagan wit

Source: The Reagan wit

“Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.”

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Book:John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth

Source: John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“The Lord has told me that the last generation before His final coming will consist of His choicest children since the creation of the earth. But you will face a world filled with much pain and evil. Men...will gain great power over God's children. Youth such as yourselves will have a great responsibility to build up a pure and undefiled people in the midst of all this pain.”

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Author:Chris Heimerdinger

“Great power involves great responsibility”

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Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”

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Author:Les Brown

“No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the difference of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about you, it is important for you Latter-day Saint women to understand that the Lord holds motherhood and mothers sacred and in the highest esteem. He has entrusted to his daughters the great responsibility of bearing and nurturing children.... There is divinity in each new life.”

“Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.)”

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Book:The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Source: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

“All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.”

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Book:Dreams of the Compass Rose

Source: Dreams of the Compass Rose

“We've always known we'd eventually be called upon to open our shirts and save the day, and the superhero was a crude, hopeful attempt to talk about how we all might feel on that day of great power, and great responsibility.”

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Author:Grant Morrison

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