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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate. We recognize our role in creating this problem; we embrace our responsibility to combat it. We will do our part, and we will help developing nations do theirs. But we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation - developed and developing alike. Nobody gets a pass."

America Responsibility Creating
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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"Like Joe Biden and so many other Americans, I've lost people I love deeply to cancer. I've heard often from those whose loved ones are suffering from Alzheimer's, addiction, and other debilitating diseases. Their heartbreak is real, and so we have a responsibility to respond with real solutions."

Real Responsibility Cancer
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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves have done. That they have a responsibility to the larger community and the larger nation, that they should be sensitive to and extra thoughtful about the plight of people who have been oppressed in the past, are oppressed currently."

Children Responsibility Thoughtful
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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"One thing I think we have to do is to make sure that the undocumented workers who are living in America today, that they have to take responsibility. They've got to register, pay a fine, pay their back taxes, learn English and then get on a pathway in which they could have the prospect of being here legally."

Thinking America Responsibility
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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going through. They're losing jobs. They're trying to figure out how to pay their medical bills. They've seen retirements suddenly dissipate because of what's happening in the stock market. And so as tough as the job might be, and the politics of Washington can sometimes be I'm always reminded of how fortunate I am to be here, and what an extraordinary responsibility I have to try to deliver on some of the promises that I made during the election."

Thinking Responsibility Retirement
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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"We need more responsibility, but we need it not just when there's a crisis. I mean, we've had years in which the reigning economic ideology has been what's good for Wall Street, but not what's good for Main Street."

Mean Responsibility Wall
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Barack Obama Politician
Responsibility

"I am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. I don't know how I can be more clear about this."

Want Responsibility Pay
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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
Responsibility

"When you are aligned with the now internally, when you take responsibility for this moment, then life is helpful and tends to bring you what you need."

Needs Responsibility Helpful
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Patti Smith Musician
Responsibility

"Talking to god and coming back because that's what we have to do. That's your responsibility as a director, as an artist, as a performer. Your responsibility is back again to your people."

People Artist Responsibility
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Patti Smith Musician
Responsibility

"As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the 70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility."

Thinking Artist Responsibility
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Paul Ryan Politician
Responsibility

"While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance sheet. Conservatives have made certain of that."

Responsibility Challenges Math
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Paul Ryan Politician
Responsibility

"Sovereign countries have the right, and I would argue the responsibility of securing their borders and controlling who comes and goes in their country. All sovereign countries have that right. We have not exercised that right."

Country Responsibility Borders
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Paulo Coelho Writer
Responsibility

"The latin word responsibility reveals its true meaning: the capacity to respond, to act. - Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life."

Responsibility Joy Latin
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Paulo Coelho Writer
Responsibility

"Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value." "It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work."

Responsibility Understanding Gold
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Paulo Coelho Writer
Responsibility

"His [Elijah] heart was beginning to give signs of alarm; he was enjoying being at this woman's side. Love could be a more frightening experience than standing before Ahab's soldier with an arrow aimed at his heart; if the arrow had struck him, he would be dead -and the rest was up to God. But if love struck him, he alone would have to take responsibility for the consequences."

Life Responsibility Inspiration
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