#demands

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

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There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

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The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

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Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance. ↗

— Janet Frame

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For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people. ↗

— Scott Brown

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We are aware that many national farm organizations are putting forth various plans to provide both short- and long-term relief to our nation's agricultural producers. While we believe long-term solutions are essential, the current situation demands a more immediate response. ↗

— Mel Carnahan

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I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources. ↗

— Yvon Chouinard

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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

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It can have its effect only through the intervention of God, inasmuch as in the ideas of God a monad rightly demands that God, in regulating the rest from the beginning of things, should have regard to itself. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me. ↗

— Judith Light

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