Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA. – Narendra Modi
Hundreds of people who’ve never written before send in ‘Dr. Who’ scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is. – Douglas Adams
If it is true that the great missionaries of the 16th century were convinced that one who was not baptized was lost – and that explains their missionary commitment – in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council, that conviction was definitely abandoned. – Pope Benedict XVI
Unfortunately for the ‘Tomorrow’ series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done. – Caitlin Stasey
I was creating commitment devices of my own long before I knew what they were. So when I was a starving post-doc at Columbia University, I was deep in a publish-or-perish phase of my career. I had to write five pages a day towards papers, or I would have to give up five dollars. – Daniel Goldstein
Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol of commitment. – Peter Singer
When I visited Guantanamo Bay several years ago, I met a team of psychiatrists treating the detainees. When I asked how they distinguished between, say, schizophrenia or bipolarity and a bedrock religious commitment to holy war, they couldn’t answer. – Monica Crowley
You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you’re gonna reap the rewards. – Craig Johnston
Money should not, and must not, change our commitment to solving problems and building this state. – Dave Freudenthal
I’m confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term. – Ed Koch
There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change. – Gary Zukav
A lot affects the outcome. It boils down to scheduling and the commitment of the network. – David Ogden Stiers
Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It’s not a commitment; it’s a tax. – George Osborne
I love kids. But that’s such a big commitment. And it seems long-term. It seems like a commitment that you have to stick with. And I just don’t know if I can – it’s too risky. Like, what if I don’t like the kid? – Ellen DeGeneres
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The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that’s not their concern. – Noam Chomsky
I’ve witnessed first hand the impact the Benchmark team has had on new ventures, and I believe their commitment to the entrepreneur and dedication to building companies of lasting value really set the firm apart. – Mitch Lasky
Ultimately, I just decided stand-up comedy is a huge commitment, and if you want to be the best, you have to give it one hundred per cent. – Deirdre O’Kane
The JCPOA can perhaps delay Iran’s nuclear weapons program for a few years. Conversely, it has virtually guaranteed that Iran will have the freedom to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons at the end of the commitment. – Mike Pompeo
David Robinson chose to stay at Navy. He talked about commitment, loyalty and values. I wonder how many of us would choose these virtues rather than the chance of becoming a millionaire, especially if you were a college sophomore when you had to make that choice. – Mario Cuomo
We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families. – David Elkind
Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women’s health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood. – Felicity Huffman
I, for one, love kids in my romance novels. When done right, kids add so much conflict. Not just of the ‘interruption on the way to the bedroom’ variety. But conflict about commitment and insecurity. – Molly O’Keefe
In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That’s the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Filibusters should require 35 senators to… make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60. – Evan Bayh
One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it. – Donald Johanson
A religious commitment coupled with theological awareness gives Jews a much better way to answer the claims made upon us by missionaries representing other religions than do the rather weak political and cultural arguments of the secularists. – David Novak
We stand with the people of Taiwan and their democratic ways, and I am proud to be a part of reaffirming the unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act by the United States Congress. – Eliot Engel
‘Graveminder’ is about a mortician, a young woman with commitment issues, a dead teenager, and a town called Claysville where the dead don’t always stay dead. – Melissa Marr