#responsible

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#deprived #early #early age #ghetto #girl

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#doing #i #life #moment #next

I think it's a little irresponsible for women who choose surgery to then say they can portray the average woman on the street, because if the average woman can't afford those treatments, then she's going to say, 'I'm 53 and I don't look like that,' and start thinking she's ugly or inadequate. ↗

— Debra Winger

#average #average woman #because #choose #going

I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and there are those that are our nominal enemies. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference to what extent we're involved in propping up those governments. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#america #arab #arab countries #countries #difference

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are. ↗

— David Guterson

#compulsion #consider #deeply #duty #ethical

I wasn't a smart kid in terms of numbers, but, I told them, 'I'm a thoughtful, responsible guy.' ↗

— Richard Hanna

#i #kid #numbers #responsible #smart

We are each responsible for all of our experiences. ↗

— Louise L. Hay

#each #experiences #our #responsible

But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities. ↗

— Anita Hill

#be true #believe #face #heart #i

Actors are responsible to the people we play. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#play #responsible