#assign

However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly. ↗

— Frances Wright

#alike #appear #assertion #assign #assume

When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#inspirational #motivational #talent #inspirational

But what I did think would be interesting is if we created a fictitious story of our own, and then took these stories that we had collected and assigned them to characters who would be played by actors. ↗

— Jim McKay

#characters #collected #created #did #fictitious

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#assigned #branch #doctrine #executive #exercises

Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible. ↗

— Charley Reese

#efficient way #expensive #government #incompetent #inefficient

The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#assigned #commanding #fell #group #invasion

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #am #ancient #asked #assigned

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#air #air time #assignments #given #quality

It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#assign #attend #child #class #closes

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot. ↗

— Roger Corman

#best #directors #down #felt #film