#task

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

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My most important task must be an attempt to bring the monster under democratic direction and control. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#bring #control #democratic #direction #important

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#being #difficult #human #human being #last

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it. ↗

— Jay Roach

#character #conceptual #couple #good #got

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country. ↗

— George W. Bush

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There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. ↗

— Titus Livius

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. ↗

— William James

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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ↗

— William James

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