Demand Quote by Meredith Willson

“Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today.”

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Demand Excitement Interfere Pleasure Today Tomorrow

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Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

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Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil togetherness, where admittedly great crimes, wild excesses, and powerful aberrations cannot easily occur - but where God's unconditional demand has even greater difficulty in accomplishing what it requires: the majestic obedience of submission.

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If we get better our customers will demand we get bigger.

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There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no mistake that we abolished institutional racism in this country around the same time. The easy thing to do is lay low, but then are we who we say we are? Do we actually stand for anything,…

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