#demands

We, being the Western world, wouldn't let Russia off the hook on debt. So there were demands on debt servicing in the early days until they ran out of reserves. There was no real aid program, just a fictional aid program. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

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Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#lust #passion #served #will

If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#decide #demands #fails #government #listen

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society. ↗

— Ahmet Necdet Sezner

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Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#demands #different #different styles #done #may

For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#glorious #great #harder #more #self-realization

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#audience #consistency #demands #getting #hard