#demand

Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

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In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to 'by how much?' rather than merely to 'in which direction?' ↗

— John Tuley

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Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way. ↗

— Tom Waits

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I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better. ↗

— Scott Walker

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If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#american people #any #arouse #citizen #conscience

Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed. ↗

— Randy West

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It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands. ↗

— Cornel West

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Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

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I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time. ↗

— Christine Lahti

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Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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