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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

Sallust

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

John Adams

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

Simon Wiesenthal

I have other obligations now-the show, my family, my life...though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

Rob Lowe

What is urgently needed now is some consistent demonstration by the Maoist leadership and cadres across the country that they are fully committed to respecting their obligations under international humanitarian law.

Purna Sen

I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all of us are, the happiest in our lives-before the obligations start in.

Neil Simon

For a long time Israelis have long stopped going to Gaza even if they have continued to carry out their military obligations. They are not even able to pinpoint these famous settlements on a map.

Tom Segev

This is not a bailout, ... This is not taxpayer money. This is providing the company the flexibility they need to meet their obligations and therefore protect the taxpayers.

Tom Price

The contributions are confidential but [we] are confident that they will be sufficient to enable the trust to fulfill its obligations to beneficiaries.

Richard Spoor

It indicates that China takes international obligations seriously and aims to shoulder its responsibilities.

Tao Wenzhao

Our contractual obligations are with the architect, so that's who we are requiring to take care of it.

Kelly Defeciani

We had legal and ethical obligations to do what we did, ... The prosecution's job is to do justice.

Dave Young

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Alexander Solzehnitsyn

Currently, nothing is preventing the fulfillment of our obligations in the area of military and technical cooperation with Iran. This deals with all the agreements made.

Nikolai Spassky

The WTO cases have to do with conformity to the very loose procedural obligations incorporated in the WTO itself.

Gordon Ritchie

Hopefully his arrival will mark the beginning of a process which will see the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia fully living up to all of its obligations under international law.

Jim Landale

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

Lee R. Raymond

We will continue to meet our obligations to all of our customers.

Kazem Vaziri

This works well for couples with no kids, no ongoing financial obligations and similar spending habits.

Michelle Smith

This may be one situation where you have to choose between your office and your contractual obligations. The only way to know for sure is to contact the [Florida] Commission on Ethics.

John Hubbard

I think it's a daunting task for any corporate official to figure out what their obligations are.

Joel Winston

We have fulfilled the obligations that were put forth in the original legislation.

Anthony Irving

We've got about $5.7 million in lease obligations and long term debt.

Mike Shirley

There are inalienable obligations as well as inalienable rights.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

I have found it increasingly difficult to meet my obligations to the citizens of Millville and the students and staff of our schools.

David Mccarthy

We're committed to cooperating with the independent examiner as well as fulfilling all of our other obligations under the settlement.

Dick Parsons

He seems to be in a good position to cover all of his current obligations, as well as provide himself security for the long term.

Will Hays

Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

George Crabbe

If they set that company up offshore with the express purpose of avoiding their obligations under US law, that could be illegal.

Christopher Myers

If a company cannot honor these obligations, it should serve as a warning sign.

Wayne Thorp

By 2010, wind energy alone will save enough greenhouse gas emissions to meet one third of the European Union's Kyoto obligations.

Christian Kjaer

He wanted to retire, but he was always thinking of financial obligations. He always wanted my niece to become a doctor so she could help the poor.

Geetha Thomas

Frankly, had Medawar not had this meltdown and not been able to fulfill his obligations on his Homeland Security project, there would have been no question about this at all.

Dana Rohrabacher

Nobility has obligations.

Duc De Levis

The EDC is not spending money like we're going to continue receiving $650,000 a year, because the sales tax can decrease just as quickly as it increased. If sales tax declines, we know we can meet our obligations.

William Myers

FEMA didn't have any food for those people in Gretna. They didn't give me any food. I didn't have any water. My obligations are to the people of Jefferson Parish.

Harry Lee

Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.

Martin L. Gross

It is Belarus' aspiration to hold free and fair elections complying with the law and international obligations of our country, so our desires here coincide with Ukraine's.

Andrei Popov

In this new world of software assembly or component-based development there are more things you need to track the license obligations for.

Paul Henderson

If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect.

Jules Massenet

We are on track, maintaining our obligations, working with the city, and continuing to move forward.

Larry Fishman

I'm sorry that my staff hasn't been able to meet their holiday and household obligations.

Cassandra Gash

Is ready to fulfill those obligations.

Vojislav Kostunica

In addition, we think completion of the company's consent decree obligations is a major psychological positive that could also have financial implications, as spending on consultants and inspections declines.

Jami Rubin

This is a modest payment meant to demonstrate our sincerity with respect to our international obligations.

Gideon Gono

Philippine authorities are currently investigating this crime and we shall pursue this matter with vigor and in accordance with our laws and treaty obligations.

Alberto Romulo

This is a way by which the university can fulfill obligations.

Alan Gould

It is abundantly clear that UCI breached its ethical obligations to their patients.

Larry Eisenberg

There are no new cash payments or obligations here. This is an accounting reflection of the deal they announced on Monday. It's all by the books.

Marc Cohen

We're confident that our trade remedy regime complies fully with Canada's WTO obligations.

Bernard Etzinger

I will not attend the funeral (of Milosevic), not due to political or any other reasons, but simply because these days I have other obligations.

Dragan Cavic

There are no circumstances that raise obstacles to fulfillment of our obligations in military technical cooperation with Iran.

Nikolai Spassky

That's what moves it, people hear our stories. The creativity and generosity of people are the only limits on it. One of our obligations as Christians is to reach outside of our community.

Dave Lardinois

We must take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that TAP can meet its future obligations.

Jack Wagner

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Traian Basescu

We welcome anything which is going to tighten up the obligations of the lending industry. By this we mean high-street lenders, not just back-street businesses who lend with very little thought to the consequences.

Adrian Brown

We have obligations towards the innocent, the dead, towards the living, towards our children and their children.

Ricardo Lagos

This is not Selma, Alabama, but we could see that even on Long Island, until Suffolk County faced the threat of federal intervention, it did not live up to its obligations.

Patrick Young

We're trying to track down where these obligations came from because they're all new to us.

William Mccorriston

The objective of this is more political than economic. It's to get rid of the IMF obligations.

Alberto Bernal

Despite very clear provisions in our contracts, EMI persists in ignoring their obligations and duty to account fairly and with transparency.

Neil Aspinall

What they say to me is that it is wrong that these individuals who have broken their obligations to society are now entitled to have the same voice in society.

Vic Toews

UA has suffered recurring losses from operations and may not generate sufficient liquidity to meet its financial obligations as they become due.

Arthur Anderson

Be aware that as a business, you have an obligation to your employees and to other stake-holders, suppliers, customers - and some of those are legal obligations that you'll have to follow as well.

Jay Myers

If the company expects the outlook to change in any material way, it will, in accordance with its continuous disclosure obligations, inform the market.

Virgin Blue

Even if you have a good, proactive company, you have obligations, ... Get Your Claim Paid.

James Walsh

There are obligations to nobility. [Lat., Noblesse oblige.]

Duc De Levis

The margin is less than what it was, but you do not have an imminent problem of meeting your obligations.

Dale Timmermann

We believe this framework will enable Royal Mail to invest in the business, meet its obligations to the pension fund and build on these achievements going forwards.

Nigel Stapleton

We agreed to settle and that was a business judgment that we made. We have always contested liability in this lawsuit, but our appeals have been denied. This settlement is a payment of our legal obligations.

Prem Nair

At our present production and inventory levels we currently anticipate that we have the ability to meet our obligations.

Christopher Clark

We handed them a complete file, which is a concrete evidence of cooperation with the tribunal and fulfillment of obligations that we took upon ourselves.

Rasim Ljajic

It's just about done. We're doing everything required to meet the obligations of the law.

Dan Ballou

Any crew member who is guided by third party interpretation of the manual may be in breach of legal obligations to the company.

Tony Tyler

I think a lot of people are working and just making ends meet. I don't know that they have time to consider civic obligations.

Joe Boris

We have $51 million in general obligation bonds outstanding. To have liens placed against any assets would stand in the way of those and future obligations.

John Conroy

Canada is disappointed that the WTO compliance panel has found that the United States complied with its WTO obligations.

Brooke Grantham

This refusal ... in effect means we cannot carry out our inspection and is a failure of Iraq to comply with its obligations.

Scott Ritter

This issue will be further discussed in the negotiation process to ensure access to the facilities during the inventory in strict compliance with the contractual obligations and the legislation of both countries.

Anatoliy Kinakh

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

Denise Levertov

We certainly want to have a declaration that... makes it clear what the obligations of all parties are.

Tom Casey

The people of Houston know he has something to hide. We hope their TV stations don't betray their First Amendment rights and obligations by capitulating.

Roger Hickey

Americans will see that when lesbians and gay men are given access to most of the rights and obligations of civil marriage, the sky will not fall and the institution of marriage will be even stronger.

Evan Wolfson

We want Russia in the WTO, but they must first abide by the rules and obligations.

Frederic Schwartz

We've got stagnant general funds and obligations. We've got looming deficits on the riverfront but there are no clear answers there.

Eric Stuckey

Mr. Ingle also indicated that the fair is concerned that it will not be able to meet its financial obligations beyond the end of this month.

Eric Stuckey

The State of Israel has always known how to reap the privileges owed it in light of the Holocaust, ... but it has not always known how to accept its obligations in light of the Holocaust.

Efraim Zuroff

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

Edward F. Halifax