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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Henry Miller
Man
Matter
Own
Every
Destiny
Follow
Only
Imperative
Leads
Him
Accept
His
Where
Every Man
If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.
Tariq Ramadan
Sad
Freedom
Respect
People
Speak
Debate
Visible
Ours
Out
Critical
Mutual
Mutual Respect
More
Constructive
Imperative
Importance
Know
Ready
Cherish
Expect
Committed
Establish
Then
Choice
Painful
Who
Aware
Tomorrows
Necessity
As the world we live in is so unpredictable, the ability to learn and to adapt to change is imperative, alongside creativity, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Alain Dehaze
Change
Communication
Creativity
World
Live
Ability
Unpredictable
Imperative
Alongside
Learn
Problem-Solving
Communication Skills
Skills
Adapt
The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.
Henry Kissinger
People
Free
Security
Moral
Imperative
Israel
The political solutions to the refugee crisis may be complex, but that does not mean we should abandon our humanity. We should not close our hearts, retreat behind walls, real or imagined, or ignore the pressing moral imperative to provide assistance and sanctuary for some of the world's most desperate people.
Katharine Viner
Humanity
People
World
Political
Walls
Desperate
Our
Complex
Pressing
Crisis
Abandon
Moral
Solutions
Some
Imperative
Retreat
Most
Does
Real
Provide
Close
Hearts
May
Refugee
Behind
Mean
Sanctuary
Should
Ignore
Assistance
Imagined
Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
Malcolm X
Education
Good
Fight
Problem
Win
Negroes
Tell
Jobs
Solve
Objectives
Shall
Imperative
Main
Support
Housing
Cannot
While
Them
Good Education
Necessary
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.
Desmond Tutu
Education
Way
Moral
More
Only
Economic
Imperative
Toward
Making
Self-Sufficient
Nations
Pave
Many
Universal
Necessity
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are things that we own in common with each other, and that we are obliged to protect for our posterity. The water. The trees. The wild places in the land. We lose sight of these truths sometimes.
Charlie Pierce
Obligation
Water
Sometimes
Lose
Own
Other
Trees
Wild
Our
Sight
Posterity
Obliged
Imperative
Protect
Because
Debt
Truths
Owe
American
Common
Places
Land
Each
Fundamental
Things
Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.
Doris Roberts
Life
Food
You
Lie
Humor
Important
Down
Else
Back
Someone
Something
More
Imperative
Than
Get
Dies
Choice
My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
You
Wish
Others
Would
Imperative
Categorical
Like
Behave
Behaved
Informed
Kant
Reason
Conscience
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.
Eugene McCarthy
World
Honor
Society
Worship
Tribe
Imperative
Primitive
Territorial
Still
Senate
Elders
Last
Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.
J. B. Pritzker
Education
Face
National
Crisis
Security
Moral
Economic
Imperative
Economic Security
Long-Term
Without
Educational
Childhood
Urgent
Early
Early Childhood
During the first few months of an infant's life, its manner of taking the breast, of laying its head on the pillow, etc., becomes crystallized into imperative habits. This is why education must begin in the cradle.
Jean Piaget
Life
Education
First
Few
Months
Must
Imperative
Laying
Habits
Head
Taking
Becomes
Pillow
Infant
Begin
Cradle
Etc
Manner
Why
God knows and sees all. His wisdom and knowledge far outweighs mankind, and whether or not people ever recognize it - He is the creator. He is the giver of life, and only He has the power to take it away. That's why its imperative to submit to Him.
Monica Johnson
Life
Wisdom
God
Knowledge
People
Power
Submit
Recognize
Only
Sees
Giver
Imperative
Take
He
Him
Knows
His
Whether
Mankind
Far
Creator
Why
Away
Ever
In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
Maya Angelou
Work
Saying
I Am
Better
Stronger
Lyrics
Alike
Ourselves
All My Work
I Write
More
Poetry
Imperative
Write
Allow
Prose
Am
Encounter
Than
Essays
May
Human
Maybe
Human Beings
Movies
Much
Many
Appear
Beings
Defeats
Though it is perhaps expected for the bishop of Rome to warn against the idolatry of money, what is striking is how Francis suggests that not only God but also secular politics must outrank economic imperatives.
Anand Giridharadas
Politics
God
Money
Secular
Striking
Bishop
Francis
Though
Must
Only
Economic
Imperative
Perhaps
Also
How
Idolatry
Expected
Rome
Against
Warn
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.
Andrew Mitchell
World
National
Moral
Tackling
Imperative
Firmly
Around
National Interest
Interest
Deprivation
Britain
We need to acknowledge that families come in multiple shapes and sizes, that love is not a finite asset, and that caregiving involves more than a genetic imperative.
Andrew Solomon
Love
Love Is
More
Imperative
Finite
Shapes
Genetic
Come
Involves
Families
Than
Sizes
Acknowledge
Multiple
Asset
Need
If our biological imperative is to pass our genes to the next generation, our moral imperative has to be to try, before we become corpses, to leave them a planet they can survive on.
Anthony Doerr
Generation
Try
Become
Before
Our
Corpses
Moral
Imperative
Genes
Pass
Leave
Survive
Them
Planet
Next
Next Generation
Biological
In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Culture
Women
People
Girl
Seen
Criminal
Respectful
Immigrant
Imperative
Abuse
Principled
Blinded
Well-Meaning
Women And Girls
Overwhelmed
While
Sensitive
Holland
Ignoring
Multiculturalism
With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
Baba Kalyani
Become
Indian
Imperative
Globally
Industry
Became
Because
Which
Gained
Companies
International
Strategies
Exposure
Competitive
Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.
Betsy Hodges
Change
Reality
Humanity
Control
Moral
Imperative
Scientific
Climate
Climate Change
Effective
In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who have been both homosexual at times in their lives and then heterosexual, or vice-versa, or bisexual. How can it be a biological imperative if people can change?
Bill Kristol
History
Change
People
Bisexual
Heterosexual
Cases
Both
Imperative
Through
How
Been
Times
Human
Human Beings
Then
Choice
Who
Many
Beings
Lives
Biological
Homosexual
Millions
Millions And Millions
It is imperative for the health and safety of millions of workers that we ensure that breathing systems needed for protection are widely available, convenient and economical.
Bill Shuster
Health
Protection
Safety
Ensure
Systems
Imperative
Economical
Convenient
Available
Breathing
Workers
Widely
Millions
Needed
At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries, it's imperative that we do all we can to provide our businesses a climate to operate successfully.
Blanche Lincoln
Time
Increased
Other
Other Countries
Our
Jobs
Record
Imperative
Heading
Countries
Operate
Climate
Provide
Overseas
Pace
Sanctions
Producers
Successfully
Manufacturers
Businesses
Amidst
It is imperative that the United States lead in preventing Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. That requires vigorously enforcing the Iran deal while leaving all options on the table, including military force if necessary.
Brad Schneider
Military
States
Weapon
Table
Preventing
Imperative
Lead
Force
Deal
Leaving
Iran
Options
While
Acquiring
Enforcing
Requires
Military Force
Including
United
Ever
United States
Nuclear
Necessary
Nuclear Weapon
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