#duty

He would still see it as his duty to shut up and get on with it, not cause any trouble. In our own time we've made a hero of the rebel, and it's more heroic to speak up. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#cause #duty #get #hero #heroic

My husband is a former Air Force pilot and my son is an active duty Army surgeon, recently returned from Iraq, so my pride in our military is passionate... and personal. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#air #air force #army #duty #force

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany. ↗

— Nick Cave

#artist #artistic #duty #epiphany #information

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. ↗

— Carol Channing

#applause #duty #important #laughter #more

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify. ↗

— Ramsey Clark

#duty #felt #i #me #testify

It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#burden #danger #difficulty #duty #even

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#careful #celestial #compose #duty #expert

But we live in a modern world, you know, and, and also it does seem to me that if you - that whatever talents you have, it... I mean it may sound a bit absurd but I, I think it's your, absolutely your duty to resolve them, you know? ↗

— Tim Curry

#absurd #also #bit #does #duty

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#capitol #duty #hear #house #i

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#chore #duty #gift #offered #presented