#required

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

#civilization #men #provided #required #them

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

— Carl Sagan

#harmony #human #perfect #perfect harmony #required

It is essential that there should not only be a limit on campaign spending but it should be required to say where that money is spent and how it is spent. I think there has been more abuse in campaign spending, actually, than in campaign contributors. ↗

— Bill Scott

#actually #been #campaign #contributors #essential

In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve. ↗

— Dougray Scott

#bring #character #closer #i #i do

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

— Dinah Sheridan

#corsets #enjoy #films #i #period

When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves. ↗

— Ed Smith

#area #black #course #growing #growing up

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#creative #creative people #every #leave #months

We all know by now that Barack Obama is not a patriot. After all, he doesn't always wear a flag pin, and he objects to the idea that he should be required to in order to run for office. ↗

— Will Thomas

#always #barack #barack obama #flag #idea

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#coercion #enjoy #even #mutually #pretend