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One thing you had to learn [after the presidency] was that you no longer had the sense of responsibility that became ingrained in your system.
Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.
every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.
This, in my view, is the highest responsibility of the President of the United States, which is to maintain the safety of the American people.
In the best of all worlds, the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't.
The basic laws of good acting are the same, but everything about the experience is different-your job responsibility, the time you spend on it.
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.)
Victimism can be seen as a generalized cultural impulse to deny personal responsibility and to obsess on the grievances of the insatiable self.
Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.
If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.
You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are.
The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of the responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others.
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.
I do understand that going out and promoting the movie is a big responsibility, and part of the reason they give me the job in the first place.
I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it becomes your responsibility to replenish the well.
I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.
A miraculous healing awaits this planet once we accept our new responsibility to collectively tend the Garden, rather than fight over the turf.
Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.
Regard your team as a family. Give the same attention to the bottom guy as you do the top guy. You have a responsibility to all of your players.
If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point out some of the negatives.
It's in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It's not in happiness. It's not in impulsive pleasure.
Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height.
I loved the fact that it wasn't my responsibility to change somebody, that it was God's, that my part was just to communicate love and approval.
You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.
It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.
People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then?
To be a real man is to be unattached - not from responsibility or justice - but from those dependencies that inhibit responsibility and justice.
The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear.
It is a tremendous responsibility for us to have all the eyes focused on what we do and give people exactly what they need when they ask for it.
That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.
My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.
It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth.
I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility.
I think that - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid actions that can harm innocent people.
No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.
The building of Kuwait and her Eminence, it's defense and protection, is primarily a responsibility by her people and the efforts of her children
As time goes on you are given responsibility and other things to deal with. You become a husband and a father and there's another shirt of stuff.
I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of.
Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed.
As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.
The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.
Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
If people are being downtrodden and mistreated, it's our obligation, it's our responsibility to speak out, not just for ourselves but for others.
Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.
If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.
Occasionally, you feel like the only person able to win the match. So you take all the responsibility, you do too much, and you do something bad.
I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.
I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.
Designers have a responsibility to show the future as they want it to be - or at least as it can be, not just the way an industry wants it to be.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.