Kings and queens are expected to have offspring to carry on the name. There are no such demands on American presidents, but there is an expectation. There is a hope.
Now I’m instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.
I like to be busy. It’s not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it’s definitely worth the sacrifice.
I love the incredible variety of demands directing makes on you, from the entrepreneur to the hustler to the deal-maker to the writer; to directing actors and the camera and working with music, sound, marketing and promotion. It uses so many sides of your brain.
I’ve tried to take roles with great demands.
Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.
Mozambique and Zimbabwe must bring into being a new force in Malawi. We must not allow South Africa to set the course in Malawi… The victory is being planned… It demands cold-bloodedness.
Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.
Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.
Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.
Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emotional states to accompany those actions.
The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.
The interests of big corporations have so permeated government that its major decisions are indistinguishable from the boardroom demands of the leading companies in each commercial sector.
In each case it depends on the needs of each team, what the club is willing to pay and what the other demands. Then time will tell if a player has been cheap or expensive.
Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?
The gay people with whom I am close are some of the strongest, most passionate and caring people I know, and their demands for justice are no less imperative than those of any other community.
Lately, I have realised that when you play at the highest level, you have to play according to what the team demands.
My belief is that a positive culture works best because people want to meet or exceed expectations, not demands.
I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old. I would come home from friends’s houses with a list of demands. ‘OK, We have all the wrong cereals. You guys are asleep on the job.’
Whatever you see in games, Kobe demands more in practice.
This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.
Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can’t quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.
People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren’t demands and you don’t need to reply. They’re simply for pleasure.
Tournament play demands patience to survive and win. Winning at cash games demands a whole other level of thought and deception. You need to reach into your bag of tricks and run the occasional big bluff to be a consistent cash game winner.
I love, but I am not entirely sure how to be loved: how to be seen and known for the utterly flawed woman I am. It demands surrender. It demands acknowledging that I am not perfect, but perhaps I deserve affection anyway.
It’s just that you got to play according to the situation and what the team demands. I know that I can play in both flows.
Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the rules of the game be respected just as the constitution requires.
The Fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality and its law. Learn to know ever more deeply: from now on every single thing demands decision, and every action responsibility.
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
You can have so many different demands; trying to please the fans, pleasing the manager, please yourself.
My son wanted to become a wrestler because I was a wrestler. I was his hero. I didn’t want them to wrestle. It was the same reason my dad didn’t want me to wrestle. It’s not the wrestling. It’s the lifestyle that goes with it and the demands it puts on you. It’s not so bad for single guy.
Each project you do demands a different diet in a way. Because there’s so much tension in ‘Betrayal,’ so much holding of breath and emotion, I can’t get too happy in my food choices or I can’t get alert enough.
You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
The rate of change and innovation occurring across the entire spectrum of society demands that a company like XL utilize the highest level of analytics and information to solve problems for our clients.
Acting requires emotional flexibility and demands, and directing is more cerebral and managerial and a tactical kind of thing.
I need to be able to depend on the products I use to stand up to the demands I put on my vehicles.
We all know that jazz demands a cultivation of the mind.
I’ve been a club manager myself and know the demands and, from a selfish point of view, you want your players to be fit every week.
Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it’s still about respecting the story.
Conte is a coach that works a lot from a tactical level and demands a lot from his players.
We are aware that many national farm organizations are putting forth various plans to provide both short- and long-term relief to our nation’s agricultural producers. While we believe long-term solutions are essential, the current situation demands a more immediate response.
Indian higher education is completely regulated. It’s very difficult to start a private university. It’s very difficult for a foreign university to come to India. As a result of that, our higher education is simply not keeping pace with India’s demands. That is leading to a lot of problems which we need to address.
I don’t know why in society when a woman demands perfection she is called crazy.
The sea has this contradictory quality, that the more you see of it, the more it overwhelms the eye and disappears in its own brightness. Like a flame, whose meaning is light but whose centre is dark, it demands to be undefined.
I am a shy person, basically. I don’t think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don’t even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let’s see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.
A love story definitely demands a great onscreen chemistry between its actors.
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Being a mother is complicated because it’s not just a paternal culture making demands on you; it’s those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.
Democracy, of course, requires strong demands from the public.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
As regards this country, in which protection has always to some extent existed, it is the best customer that England ever had, and our demands upon her grow most steadily and regularly under protection.
I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I’m game.
Territorial expansion demands warriors and, once population levels are stable, demotes the female role. Once religious empires have not just an idea but a territory to call their own, the soldiers of god are of more value than his handmaidens.
President Trump has challenged Congress to reduce the burden on the American worker and to build an economy that rewards honest work. Congress should accept that challenge and craft a bipartisan plan that makes real reductions in what government demands from our wallets.
We have a lot to learn from the Tudor education system. It had diversity, placed rigorous demands on its students, and encouraged high achievement.
The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.
