"Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going."
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"When I'm writing music, I'm not acting it out - it's all me. I feel that my responsibility is to be truthful about myself, first and foremost. I'm not going to sing things I don't believe in no matter who is benefitting from it."
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"It is our responsibility to leave the people of the future a free hand."
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"You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist... . I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you're maybe wrong, [an integrity] that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly to other scientists, and I think to laymen."
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"I'm really not tailored for responsibility."
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"I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways."
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"And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way."
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"The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead."
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"A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there."
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"It's a huge responsibility being a solo act."
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"You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do or don't do."
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"Our aspirations are our responsibilities."
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"The sister's face Fell all in wrinkles of responsibility. She wanted to do right. She'd have to think."
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"Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment."
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"Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust."
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"Since the days of Greece and Rome the word 'citizen' was a title of honor. We have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities."
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"You have such a big responsibility. This person is still alive. You would think that they think highly of themselves and their accomplishments and what they've done. You can only hope to bring justice to that."
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"Sacrifice. I'd never been in a position where I was number one on the call sheet, and everything was in my lap. I worked 16 hour days, and I was just not the lead of any film, it was a film about Jesse Owens, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century. It was a whole new type of responsibility. It was a big weight, and I wanted to do him justice, especially in reviving him after 80 years."
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"We all go through stages. Concerns about appearances, making good impressions, being popular, comparing yourself to others, having unbridled ambition, wanting to make money, striving to be recognized and noticed and trying to establish yourself, all fade as your responsibilities and character grow."
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"If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so."
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