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I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty.
Gordon Brown
Me
People
Duty
Consider
Criticise
Find
Unusual
Doing
Quite
We need a pope to usher in a new era of inclusion, the end of a sinful clericalism, and a strong sense of duty to those on society's margins. The 1 billion faithful long for a leader who is fearless and driven - not by terror but by love.
Greg Boyle
Love
Strong
Long
Leader
Faithful
Duty
Sense
Society
Those
Strong Sense
Fearless
Driven
New
Sinful
New Era
Terror
Era
End
Pope
Billion
Who
Usher
Inclusion
Margins
Need
Not every woman has what I have, so if I could do something to help them, that should also be my duty.
Guler Sabanci
Woman
Duty
Every
Something
Could
Also
Them
If I Could
Should
Help
I was sent to Korea, which was excellent training for what came later. I was assigned to remain on duty until I completed one hundred combat missions - or got knocked out - whichever came first.
Gus Grissom
Training
First
Duty
Hundred
Later
Completed
Out
Remain
Excellent
Combat
Knocked
Missions
Until
Got
Korea
Came
Which
Sent
Assigned
It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
Haile Gebrselassie
Money
Country
Duty
Else
Spend
Would
Invest
Like
Want
Nowhere
Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
Hannah More
Duty
Discretion
Depart
Interferes
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Harold MacMillan
Government
Duty
Neither
Majesty
Nor
Falter
Flap
Her
Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah.
Hassan Nasrallah
Duty
State
Force
If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.
Heber J. Grant
Best
Day
Duty
Our
Striving
Ability
Line
Improve
Trying
Then
Working
I ask every man and woman occupying a place of responsibility whose duty it is to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to live it and keep the commandments of God, so that their example will teach it.
Heber J. Grant
God
Man
Woman
Christ
Will
Responsibility
Example
Duty
Live
Every
Gospel
Occupying
Commandments
Place
Ask
Teach
Keep
Whose
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Every Man
Some of my team-mates in the Under-18s used to play 'Call of Duty' and they told me I should jump on it. I have played it ever since, for my first one or two years I played it pretty much ever day, I was mad about it.
Hector Bellerin
Day
Me
First
Duty
Mad
One Or Two
Some
Pretty
About
Since
First One
Call
Years
Jump
Much
Should
Used
Ever
Play
Played
Two
Belgium thinks that however great the peril which a country might have to undergo under the system which we seek to establish here, that country ought to do its duty.
Henri La Fontaine
Great
Country
Duty
Ought
System
Seek
Peril
Undergo
However
Establish
Which
Might
Belgium
Here
Thinks
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
Henry Fielding
Duty
Enough
More
Done
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
Henry Kissinger
Experience
Vision
Nation
Duty
Statesman
Between
His
Bridge
Gap
It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.
Howard Staunton
Best
Judgment
Duty
Determine
Laws
Him
His
Umpire
Questions
According
Submitted
Apply
The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.
Hugh Sidey
Politics
Duty
Analyzing
Presidential
Presidential Campaign
Clash
Federal
Thunder
Combat
Budget
Dry
Cover
Perpetual
Campaign
Reporters
Quit
Want
Created
Electoral
Who
Consequence
There are people who help you in life. I've been given a helping hand, and that's why I feel it's my duty to help younger artists.
Hugo Pratt
Life
You
People
Duty
Given
Feel
Been
Hand
Artists
Younger
Help
Who
Helping
Helping Hand
Why
Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at the lowest levels of readiness.
Ike Skelton
Today
Duty
Every
States
Located
Would
Combat
Readiness
Within
Ready
Report
Lowest
Brigade
United
United States
Nearly
Levels
My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.
Jack Kevorkian
Life
Suffering
Doctor
Ending
Duty
Out
Carry
Cases
End
Intent
Unfortunately
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield
Spiritual
Confused
Laughter
Practice
Duty
Every
Born
Spiritual Practice
Wonder
Child
Lama
Grim
Should
Dalai
Dalai Lama
An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
Jacques Barzun
Duty
Every
Say
He
Exhibit
His
Artist
May
Productions
Even
Right
Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy.
Jacques Verges
Democracy
People
Lawyer
Duty
Every
Think
Everybody
Point
Step
Him
Normal
Discuss
Office
Accusation
Accused
Right
Defend
Defended
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
James Anthony Froude
First
Own
Duty
Guard
His
Historian
Against
Sympathies
Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.
James Bovard
Time
Age
People
Power
Duty
President
Ancient
Entire
Constrained
Generations
Since
Come
American
Candor
American People
I had served in the Republic of Korea in the early '80s while I was on active duty as a director of intelligence for U.S. forces Korea, and kind of followed developments on the peninsula ever since.
James Clapper
Director
Intelligence
Duty
Active
Kind
Peninsula
Followed
Had
Developments
Since
Forces
Korea
Republic
While
Ever
Served
Early
One of the hardest things I do as FBI Director is call the chiefs and sheriffs in departments around the nation when officers have been killed in the line of duty. I call to express my sorrow and offer the FBI's help.
James Comey
Director
Nation
Duty
Sorrow
Call
Around
Line
Been
Offer
Chiefs
Officers
Departments
Help
Express
Hardest
Things
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