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We could watch the madmen, on clement days, sauntering and skipping among the trim gravel walks and pleasantly planted lawns; happy collaborationists who had given up the unequal struggle, all doubts resolved, all duty done, the undisputed heirs-at-law of a century of progress, enjoying the heritage at their ease. Evelyn Waugh
On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to god and my country but it might not be the same god as the god of the church and I might not be digging on the message of the president because the windmills of his mind are cracked on a lot of subjects concerning people. Lynda Barry
Umberto Eco quote: "The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to..."
The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia. Umberto Eco
Sarah Vowell quote: "Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is..."
Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship. Sarah Vowell
George Eliot quote: "If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should..."
If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment. George Eliot
Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart. Albert Camus
W. H. Auden quote: "As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to..."
As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption. W. H. Auden
Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile. John Hersey
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it. Mother Teresa
The reporters who came to the press conference in theoffice of the John Galt Line were young men who hadbeen trained to think that their job consisted ofconcealing from the world the nature of its events. It was their daily duty to serve as audience for somepublic figure who made utterances about the public good, in phrases carefully chosen to convey no meaning. It was their daily job to sling words together in anycombination they pleased, so long as the words did notfall into a sequence... Ayn Rand
My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes. Edgar Rice Burroughs
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave . Ayn Rand
Suppose that you didn’t make your Easter duty and it’s Pentecost Sunday, the last day, and you’re on a ship at sea. And the chaplain goes into a coma! But you wanted to receive. And then it’s Monday, too late… But then you cross the International Date Line! Would that then be a sin then, Father? George Carlin
Thomas Jefferson quote: "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson
Chris Hedges quote: "Patriotic duty and the disease of nationalism lure us to deny..."
Patriotic duty and the disease of nationalism lure us to deny our common humanity Chris Hedges

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