#demands

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

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Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world. ↗

— Lionel Barrymore

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I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call. ↗

— Russell Crowe

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Every story has its demands. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#every #story

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't. ↗

— Victor Garber

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