#demands

Our age is before all things a practical one. It demands of us all clear and tangible results of our work. ↗

— Theodor Svedberg

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The relation between practical and spiritual spheres in music is obvious, if only because it demands ears, finger, consciousness and intellect. ↗

— Luciano Berio

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. ↗

— Alice Walker

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Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear. ↗

— Johnny Olson

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It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama. ↗

— Sean Penn

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Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. ↗

— Alice S. Rossi

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Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I'd say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood. ↗

— Amitabh Bachchan

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Well, you don't make any demands to Steven Spielberg. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

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The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past. ↗

— Matt Blunt

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