#required

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample. ↗

— Rebecca West

#art #copy #damned #required #things

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#future #hold #more #must #officials

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#cooperation #ethics #oneself #origin #others

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there. ↗

— William Safire

#directed #down #even #halfway #happened

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#harmony #human #perfect #perfect harmony #required

Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it. ↗

— Anne Wilson Schaef

#ended #miss #required #something #will

The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

#brief #concept #feature #intelligent #intelligent person

I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films. ↗

— Dinah Sheridan

#corsets #enjoy #films #i #period

Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country. ↗

— John Spratt

#country #dumps #end #guard #hostilities