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Committing Quotes (page 37)

Virginia Woolf quote: "There was no treachery too base for the world to commit."
There was no treachery too base for the world to commit. Virginia Woolf
Graham Greene quote: "I had committed myself: without love I'd have to go through..."
I had committed myself: without love I'd have to go through the gestures of love. Graham Greene
I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! To what end?"To the end of turning to profit the talents which G-d has committed to your keeping; and of which he will surely one day demand a strict account. Charlotte Bronte
Is this some kind of joke?"That's for me to know and you to find out."Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit suicide."Are you about to?"And what if I was?"I wouldn't tell you the gorgeous reasons I have discovered for going on living."What would you do?"I'd ask you to name the rock-bottom price you'd charge to go on living for just one more week. Kurt Vonnegut
...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father. Martha Beck
Helen Fielding quote: "The whole bloody world's got a commitment problem. It's the..."
The whole bloody world's got a commitment problem. It's the three-minute culture. It's a global attention-span deficit. Helen Fielding
Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal, as well. Barack Obama
Charles Peguy quote: "It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been..."
It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been committed for fear of not looking sufficiently progressive. Charles Peguy
The golden rule of fictional prose is that there are no rules - except the ones that each writer sets for him or herself. Repetition and simplicity worked (usually) for Hemingway's artistic purposes. Variation and decoration worked for Nabokov's, especially in Lolita. This novel takes the form of a brilliant piece of special pleading by a man whose attraction to a certain type of pubescent girl, whom he calls a "nymphet", leads him to commit evil deeds. The book aroused controversy on its... David Lodge
I wish you hadn't told her. If you must know, I could have done without your telling her I commited statutory rape on the living room couch with her cousin." - Michael Curry Anne Rice
It isn't. when you come to think of it a quite respectable trade, the detection of the innocent, for aren't lovers nearly always innocent? They have committed no crime, they are certain in their own minds that they have done no wrong, 'as long as no one but myself is hurt', the old tag is ready on their lips, and love, of course, excuses everything -- so they believe and so I used to believe in the days when I loved. Graham Greene
Louise L. Hay quote: "I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks...."
I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me. Louise L. Hay
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "In fact one is tempted to ask whether there is a single man..."
In fact one is tempted to ask whether there is a single man left ready, for once, to commit an outrageous folly. Soren Kierkegaard
How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life – and a commitment to action. Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: ‘What's good in my life?’ and ‘What needs to be done? Nathaniel Branden
The worst crime committed by totalitarian mind-sets is that they force their citizens, including their victims, to become complicit in their crimes. Dancing with your jailer, participating in your own execution, that is an act of utmost brutality. Azar Nafisi

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