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"Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us. It is good to remember that in God the is a constancy, a consistency of attitude which never changes, irrespective of what we are or how we act: he never changes in is wanting us or needing us."
"The racing driver needs to be fed a diet of other racing drivers."
"I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me."
"Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you."
"Clever derivatives broke dozens of companies. It killed them. Bankrupt. We don't need these kinds of innovation in finance. It's OK to be boring in finance. What we want is innovation in widgets."
"Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life."
"We're all going through our problems, but we all have the same insecurities and we all have the same abilities and we all need each other."
"Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority."
"We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's end, and preparing for it so that we may go gracefully and peacefully."
"If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change."
"The sound of the rain needs no translation."
"What need the bridge much broader than the flood?"
"Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation."
"We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests."
"I believe that a politician needs to be with people."
"The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition."
"There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of imposing on the ignorance or credulity of others so frequently occur; so many immediate evils are"
"It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need"
"After Sandy hit, my wife and I saw pictures of the devastation following the hurricane in the news. We immediately wanted to find a way to assist those in need."
"If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed."
