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Demands Quotes by Steven Amsterdam
- Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.
- Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding…
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- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
- Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually… — Albert Bandura
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of… — Simone de Beauvoir
- A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a… — John Berger
- While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters… — John O. Brennan
- Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so… — William S. Burroughs
- America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens… — George W. Bush
- I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine