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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't. ↗

— Victor Garber

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We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

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But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility. ↗

— Melissa Bean

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That's driven by any number of factors, the most prominent of which have been the combat experience of two major campaigns - one in Afghanistan and the other in Iraq - and the ongoing demands of the global war on terrorism. ↗

— Stephen Cambone

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An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes. ↗

— Kim Campbell

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Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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