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Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.
The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love that.
Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.
Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.
I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior.
I go by my own standards, and I will be the voice of the curves for the women that feel like they can't stand up for themselves.
The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.
It may sound funny to others, but there is a sense of freedom when I am able to live on my own, and as per my own set standards.
The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there's no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards.
I'm not for the sort of trade deals that hollow out our standards while they hollow out our middle class and middle class wages.
Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar.
The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior.
I searched everywhere for a proof of reality, when all the while I understood quite well that the standard of reality had changed
There was a period in my life when I was trying to write standards: songs that everybody recorded. I did a pretty good run of it.
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government.
Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like.
The USGA is terrific. I've designed my course in Bedminster to the highest standards of the USGA, and it's a very special course.
I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.
As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.
Classrooms cannot and should not be coerced into adopting federal academic standards. That's not just my belief; it's federal law.
Now is the time to set your life's goals. Now is the time to set your standards firmly and then hold to them throughout your life.
The top quark was discovered in 1995 and since then the Higgs has become an because the standard model was incomplete with out it.
The music industry is an unforgiving place, and it shall unceremoniously show you the door if you can't perform to high standards.
KPMG is committed to the highest standards of professionalism, , and quality, and we are dedicated to the capital markets we serve.
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.
I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.
Computer systems could not work without standards - an agreement among programs and systems about how they will exchange information.
There's absolutely no doubt consumers have more choice than ever, and the standards of all that provide food have improved over time.
I was a terrible actor, and that's why I got the job: I would allow myself to be so bad that I lowered and got down to WWF standards.
I often feel that with a crime story, the moral standards have to be higher. You're deal with real victims and with real consequences.
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.
I have been very busy having so many fights since I turned pro. To have 13 in little more than two years is a lot by modern standards.
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
Whole Foods has been brilliant at changing the way food is produced because they just won't buy it if it doesn't meet their standards.
A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.
I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.
The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them.
I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language.
Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
Too fat, too thin, too loud, too quiet - I was never going to fit the standards others created for me. Instead of complying, I protested.
I want young girls and women to feel like they connect with me and that they don't have to aspire for unreal beauty or fashion standards.
I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.
I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don't tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards.
Nafta has been responsible for a race to the bottom in standards across North America, with working conditions declining along with wages.