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I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. -- E. O. Wilson
Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us. -- Michael Josephson
My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing. -- Jude Law
We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other. -- Charlie Pierce
You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there. -- Dan Stevens
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings. -- Theodore Bikel
I am pleased to be part of Promontory's steady efforts to assist banks and other financial firms in meeting legal and regulatory obligations and challenges. -- Laurence D. Fink
My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function. -- Thomas Steinbeck
The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard. -- Derek Bok
Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself. -- Ang Lee
Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems. -- Gerry Adams
We're born alone. We do need each other. It's lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that's part of your obligation. -- Bill Murray
I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense of urgency to share what I have seen with others. -- Brian Skerry
You no more have the right to risk others by failing to vaccinate than you do by sending your child to school with a hunting knife. Vaccination isn't a private choice but a civic obligation. -- Nicholas Kristof
True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is. -- R. D. Laing
But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others. -- Mark Wahlberg
A free and rooted society ought to consist of a web of moral obligations. We have the right to ignore them, but we ought to be actually obliged not to let other people starve or to let them lapse into destitution. -- Pankaj Mishra
My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things. -- Clarence Thomas
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are things that we own in common with each other, and that we are obliged to protect for our posterity. The water. The trees. The wild places in the land. We lose sight of these truths sometimes. -- Charlie Pierce
Sometimes Christians live in a terror of universal obligation: AIDS over here, people to be saved over here, a crushing sense of low-level guilt every day of our lives. Question to ask: Where has God put me right now? I need to say no to a whole bunch of other things because if I don't say no I can't say yes to others. -- Kevin DeYoung
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. -- Pliny the Elder
The obligation to receive reduces our ability to choose whom we wish to be indebted to and puts that power in the hands of others. -- Robert Cialdini
We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others. -- Margaret Bourke-White
A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others. -- Jodi Picoult
As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to partner with others. -- Barack Obama
Life does not have meaning through mere existence or acquisition or fun. The meaning of life is inherent in the connections we make to others through honor and obligation... -- Laura Schlessinger
No one tape her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your blood and they will run the other way, -- Tama Kieves

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