- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Duty Quotes
Doing what's owed, quietly and consistently.
Several lines here connect duty to public life — holding elected leaders accountable through voting, or a president's duty to protect national security. See Responsibility quotes for a closer look at that theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.
- Discharge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
- Laughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
- Devote
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
- General Public
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a moral duty to have an efficient government.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like I'm advocating that we ban 'Call of Duty' or anything silly like that, I'm asking is for companies to look at their hiring practices, to hire more women... and make sure they portray women in their games in a socially responsible way.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mean it egotistically, but I've been given the chance to be in front of people and sing, and I feel that it's part of my job and my duty - especially where I'm from - to speak the language of the people I'm around and speak for them.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.
- Service
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have 'Call of Duty' be an online subscription service tomorrow. I think our audiences are clamouring for it.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020