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Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming. ↗

— Marc Maron

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No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't think anyone can argue that it was a false performance. ↗

— Richard Masur

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One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period. ↗

— Theresa May

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Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly. ↗

— John Mayer

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What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

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In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

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We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race. ↗

— John Naisbitt

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Love demands infinitely less than friendship. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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