"One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason."
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"It was really exciting to see how Bridesmaids was accepted and how well it did."
"When you once see something as false which you have accepted as true, as natural, as human, then you can never go back to it."
"There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult."
"I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics."
"Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury."
"You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films."
"Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith."
"Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s"
"The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them."
"We sat there and I knew that this was how it felt to be totally accepted. You sit close to another person and are understood, everything is understood and nothing is judged and you are indispensable."
"It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted."
"A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality."
"The accepted versions of the Bible are all substantially correct."
"How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey."
"The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted."
"Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst."
"Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas."
"I do hope having done what I did, and America having accepted me the way they did, opens the door for more global talent, which should have representation in global entertainment."
"Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting."