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Stephen King Author

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"Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but never zealots, respectors of the facts which attend each situation but never benders of those facts, uncomfortable in positions of leadership but rarely unable to turn down a responsibility once it has been offered . . . or thrust upon them. They make the best leaders in a democracy because they are unlikely to fall in love with power."

Book Responsibility Falling In Love

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

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"If the whole responsibility is thrown upon our own shoulders, we shall be at our highest and best; when we have nobody to grope towards, no devil to lay our blame upon, no Personal God to carry our burdens, when we are alone responsible, then we shall rise to our highest and best. I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil."

Responsibility Evil Fate

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Rollo May Psychologist, Author

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"Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks in the structure of his building of himself into a person who acts with freedom and responsibility."

Responsibility Decision Courage

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Novelist

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"A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She's too pretty."

Responsibility Spoil Sense Of Responsibility

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker

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"When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future."

Responsibility Forgiving Accepting

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister

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"When you mentioned something about self improvement, the implication is that the negro is something distinct or different, and, therefore, needs to learn how to improve himself. Negro leaders resent this being said, not because they don't know that it's true, but they're thinking, they're looking at it personally. They think that the implication is directed even at them, and that they, and they duck this responsibility."

Thinking Self Responsibility

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Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist

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"By assigning his political rights to the state the individual also delegates his social responsibilities to it: he asks the state to relieve him of the burden of caring for the poor precisely as he asks for protection against criminals. The difference between pauper and criminal disappears - both stand outside society."

Responsibility Rights Caring

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Oscar Wilde Writer

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"Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility."

Art Responsibility Creativity

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

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"I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly."

Responsibility Scientist Profile

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Harrison Birtwistle Composer

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"Composing's not voluntary, you know. There's no choice, you're not free. You're landed with an idea and you have responsibility to that idea."

Ideas Choices Responsibility

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Newton Lee Author, Educator

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"As the world is increasingly interconnected, everyone shares the responsibility of securing cyberspace."

World Responsibility Cyberspace

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Francis Ford Coppola Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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"Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal."

People Opportunity Responsibility

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Hayao Miyazaki Animator, Director

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"At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre is populated entirely with people who have absolutely no responsibility to anyone, so I knew my story would have to be completely different from any of these."

Responsibility Warrior Genre Is

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Margaret Thatcher Politician

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"But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the hymn: 'When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died. My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride.'"

Responsibility Loss Sacrifice

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James Cash Penney Businessman

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"Responsibility is always a sign of trust."

Responsibility

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Frank Herbert Science Fiction Writer

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"Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility."

People Responsibility Army

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Nicolas Cage Actor, Producer

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"The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility."

People Mind Responsibility

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Mariel Hemingway Actress, Author

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"Even with mental health as well as physical health, it's about taking responsibility and knowing that you're part of the solution always."

Responsibility Knowing Mental Health

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter

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"It's easy to look down from the summit you've reached, or even the summit I've reached, and talk about the responsibilities of the artist, but most people are just trying to get their foot in the door and make a living."

Artist Responsibility Doors

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer

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"That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind."

Men Passion Responsibility

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