#obligation

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#capable #either #fear #feeling #heterosexuality

In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year. ↗

— Larry David

#add #although #army #because #classes

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them. ↗

— Richard Dooling

#because #computers #created #credit #default

Every day President Bush and Congress refuse to fulfill their obligation to special ed is another day Wisconsin property taxpayers are stuck with the bill. It's unfair, irresponsible and must stop. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#another day #bill #bush #congress #day

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism. ↗

— John Bolton

#antithetical #call #career #fundamentally #help

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#daunting #effect #everything #her #him

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#child #child support #divorced #likely #meet

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

#becomes #effort #end #good #good idea

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#clearly #moral #obligations #our #think

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#comprehensive #disputes #far-reaching #impossible #international