"We often need reminding even if we do not often need educating."
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"As long as one lives he will have need of repentance."
"So if we announce we're going to have a no-fly zone, and others have said this. Hillary Clinton is also for it. It is a recipe for disaster. It's a recipe for World War III. We need to confront Russia from a position of strength, but we don't need to confront Russia from a point of recklessness that would lead to war."
"We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government."
"I think we need to treat everybody with dignity."
"The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war."
"We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy."
"America does not need to continue to have regime change throughout the world, nation-building."
"I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color."
"All artists need a room of their own"
"Tiffany has been apprenticing as a witch by visiting people in need with her mentor. After meeting with one particularly sad case, she tells her mentor, "It shouldn't be like this." Her mentor replies, "There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do."
"People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen."
"You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant. You mean the sledgehammer, sir? Yes."
"Humans need fantasy in order to be human."
"They know that people need witches; they need the unofficial people who understand the difference between right and wrong, and when right is wrong and when wrong is right. The world needs the people who work around the edges. They need the people who can deal with the little bumps and inconveniences. And little problems. After all, we are almost all human. Almost all of the time."
"A library is all the university you will ever need."
"Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future."
"I'm inclined to believe you need the psychiatrist."
"The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest."
"had no need of a guide to learn ignorance"