Taylor Swift

When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That's the part of my life where I feel most in control.

American Singer

Sidney Poitier

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

American Actor

Rush Limbaugh

Life is busy. There are daily concerns and obligations that have to be met, and to take time to think about how precious and special a human life is that you only get one, and that every wasted minute is lost. You can't get it back.

American Entertainer

Barack Obama

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

American President

Colin Powell

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

American Statesman

Muhammad Ali

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

American Boxer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Michael Jordan

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

American Basketball Player

John D. Rockefeller

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

American Businessman

Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

American Scientist

Relates to responsibilities expected by society or your personal roles, like being a parent or employee.

Fulfilling Roles

Conveys a strong sense that you must do something, often morally or socially driven.

Feeling of Must

Stresses actions others expect of you in specific roles, such as being a student or citizen.

Expectation Clarity

Not based on personal preference, but on what is asked from you in a role or situation.

Not Personal Choice

Failing to fulfill can result in legal action or financial penalties, not just personal guilt.

Breach Consequences

Emphasizes the binding nature, like a contract; once you agree, you're held to that promise.

Binds You

Carries a moral or ethical expectation to act that's not enforceable by law but by conscience.

Moral Weight

Often shaped by cultural norms or societal expectations and can vary with context.

Social Pressure

 The most basic obligation towards refugees is non-refoulement, a principle preventing a nation from sending an individual to a country where their life and freedom are threatened. In reality, however, refugees are frequently the victims of inconsistent and discriminatory treatment.

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 I'm walking down the train. I'm walking on-- And the time change. And the time is going to change. What is all that? That's all the consequences of thinking about space and time as conjoined. But it's confusing. And not only is it-- The universe is under no obligation to make

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 In the depths of a very severe economic recession, I think that there's a really important lesson there, that if you can remember your international obligations whilst you are trying to rebuild your own economy, that's really something. Finland ranks pretty much the same.

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 But in a gift economy, gifts given without explicit conditions are used to foster a system of social ties and obligations. While the market economies we know are formed by relationships between the things being traded, a gift economy consists of the relationships

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 They are facts about the well-being of conscious creatures. Why is it that we don't have ethical obligations toward rocks? Why don't we feel compassion for rocks? It's because we don't think rocks can suffer. And if we're more concerned about our fellow primates

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 by virtue of his ethical charisma. Confucius also believed that because the love and respect we learn in the family are fundamental to all other virtues, personal duties to family sometimes supersede obligations to the state.

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 Speaking of the greater good, I think we commit ourselves to telling truths to build bridges to common ground, and bridges that aren't based on truth will collapse. So it is our job, it is our obligation, it is our duty

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 judgment at some point no i think the like i said in my view uh twitter should um match the laws of the of the country of and and and really you know that there's an obligation to to do that

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 This is not going to work out too well. I thought. I now had an obligation to meet those on the path and help, and it was crazy because I now cared about my community.

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 contradictory translation of a voluntary imposition he invited the citizens of burrata to pay an extra ten percent from its legal tax obligations to support a

Obligation