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We need more expensive gasoline to change consumer behavior, Mr. Jackson said. Otherwise, Americans will continue to favor big vehicles, not matter what kind of fuel-economy standards the government imposes on auto makers. Four dollars a gallon, he added, is a good start Picture Quote #1

The sensory ratios that are being reinforced by the new electronic technology are like the sensory ratios that were in place fifteen thousand years ago. . . . Print imposes a condition on human mind which is now lifting Picture Quote #1

Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation Picture Quote #1

Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too Picture Quote #1

China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity Picture Quote #1

Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That’s what the Bill of Rights is about, for example Picture Quote #1

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This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran’s ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry? Picture Quote #1

Age does take it out of you, and I haven’t the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast and sit in this chair, and I wake up and it is lunchtime. In the past, the idea of sleeping through a morning would have horrified me, but you have to accept the limitations that old age imposes on you Picture Quote #1

Deafness, though it be total and congenital, imposes no limits on the intellectual development of its subjects, save in the single direction of the appreciation of acoustic phenomena Picture Quote #1

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration Picture Quote #1

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings Picture Quote #1

Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride Picture Quote #1

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Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too Picture Quote #1

The rights a man arrogates to himself are related to the duties he imposes on himself, to the tasks to which he feels equal. The great majority of men have no right to existence, but are a misfortune to higher men Picture Quote #1

Titles are of no value to posterity; the name of a man who has achieved great deeds imposes more respect than any or all epithets Picture Quote #1

All testify to the coercion and sacrifice which culture imposes on man. To rely on them and deny the decline is to become even more firmly caught in its fatal coils Picture Quote #1

Lack of knowledge concerning all the factors and the failure to include them in our integral imposes false conclusions Picture Quote #1

Once in a blue moon a captain imposes his influence not just upon his opponents, but on a generation of cricketers, by the sheer force of his personality Picture Quote #1

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This language controls by reducing the linguistic forms and symbols of reflection, abstraction, development, contradiction; by substituting images for concepts. It denies or absorbs the transcendent vocabulary; it does not search for but establishes and imposes truth and falsehood Picture Quote #1

Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you end up with some kind of chain of command or system of order that destroys relationship rather than promotes it. Hierarchy imposes laws and rules and you end up missing the wonder of relationship that we intended for you Picture Quote #1

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one’s self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution Picture Quote #1

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits Picture Quote #1

The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists Picture Quote #1

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect Picture Quote #1

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Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents Picture Quote #1

One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance Picture Quote #1

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous Picture Quote #1

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes Picture Quote #1

To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not Picture Quote #1

A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint, and we did not live up to this obligation. I think this affected many of the scientists in a subtle sense, and it diminished their desire to continue to work on the bomb Picture Quote #1

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We need more expensive gasoline to change consumer behavior, Mr. Jackson said. Otherwise, Americans will continue to favor big vehicles, not matter what kind of fuel-economy standards the government imposes on auto makers. Four dollars a gallon, he added, is a good start. (Imposes Quotes) The sensory ratios that are being reinforced by the new electronic technology are like the sensory ratios that were in place fifteen thousand years ago. . . . Print imposes a condition on human mind which is now lifting. (Imposes Quotes) Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation. (Imposes Quotes) Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too. (Imposes Quotes) China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity. (Imposes Quotes) Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That’s what the Bill of Rights is about, for example. (Imposes Quotes) This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran’s ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry? (Imposes Quotes) Age does take it out of you, and I haven’t the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast and sit in this chair, and I wake up and it is lunchtime. In the past, the idea of sleeping through a morning would have horrified me, but you have to accept the limitations that old age imposes on you (Imposes Quotes) Deafness, though it be total and congenital, imposes no limits on the intellectual development of its subjects, save in the single direction of the appreciation of acoustic phenomena (Imposes Quotes) A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration (Imposes Quotes) I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings (Imposes Quotes) Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride (Imposes Quotes) Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too (Imposes Quotes) The rights a man arrogates to himself are related to the duties he imposes on himself, to the tasks to which he feels equal. The great majority of men have no right to existence, but are a misfortune to higher men (Imposes Quotes) Titles are of no value to posterity; the name of a man who has achieved great deeds imposes more respect than any or all epithets (Imposes Quotes) All testify to the coercion and sacrifice which culture imposes on man. To rely on them and deny the decline is to become even more firmly caught in its fatal coils (Imposes Quotes) Lack of knowledge concerning all the factors and the failure to include them in our integral imposes false conclusions (Imposes Quotes) Once in a blue moon a captain imposes his influence not just upon his opponents, but on a generation of cricketers, by the sheer force of his personality (Imposes Quotes) This language controls by reducing the linguistic forms and symbols of reflection, abstraction, development, contradiction; by substituting images for concepts. It denies or absorbs the transcendent vocabulary; it does not search for but establishes and imposes truth and falsehood (Imposes Quotes) Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you end up with some kind of chain of command or system of order that destroys relationship rather than promotes it. Hierarchy imposes laws and rules and you end up missing the wonder of relationship that we intended for you (Imposes Quotes) The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one’s self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution (Imposes Quotes) Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits (Imposes Quotes) The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists (Imposes Quotes) We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect (Imposes Quotes) Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents (Imposes Quotes) One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance (Imposes Quotes) Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous (Imposes Quotes) I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes (Imposes Quotes) To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not (Imposes Quotes) A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint, and we did not live up to this obligation. I think this affected many of the scientists in a subtle sense, and it diminished their desire to continue to work on the bomb (Imposes Quotes)

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