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"My work is a matter of fundamental sounds (no joke intended) made as fully as possible, and I accept responsibility for nothing else. If people want to have headaches among the overtones, let them. And provide their own aspirin."
"Your ability needs responsibility to expose its possibilities. Do what you can with what you have where you are."
"Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph."
"You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes."
"While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good preaching and great preaching lies mainly in the work of the Holy Spirit. . . . We should do the work it takes to make our communication good and leave it up to God how and how often he makes it great for the listener."
"Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people."
"If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure."
"I've really learned not to try to take responsibility for all things. And to keep my side of the street clean."
"A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong."
"The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done."
"We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care."
"We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way."
"Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man must develop himself; if he has them forced down him, he will vomit them out."
"Wherever you go, go with inspiration and aspiration. Whatever you do, do with love and concern. Whomever you see, see with purity's beauty And responsibility's glory."
"If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else."
"As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection."
"I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much."
"You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility."
"Competitive individualism militates against the experience of community, and that lack of community is a centrally important factor in contemporaneous anxiety."
"Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a solution that works - and take responsibility for it."
