I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.
Taylor Mali
CharacterCommitmentSimpleHabit
I can't tell you what will happen over the next four years. But I can only stand here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you this solemn commitment: This man will not fail. This man will not let us down. This man will lift up America!
Ann Romney
MotherCommitmentWifeManStand
My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law.
Eric Schneiderman
JusticeCommitmentEqualityLaw
There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional commitment, whereas women can say that because of who they are.
Boz Scaggs
WomenTimeCommitmentMenWordsSay
It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.
Rafael Yglesias
LifeWorkCommitmentExperienceDay
For Nebraska and for America, I will continue my commitment to our national security, economic security, and family security.
Jeff Fortenberry
FamilyCommitmentAmericaSecurity
I am a big believer in Springsteen, I like his social comment; I like the commitment he puts into his work.
Enda Kenny
WorkCommitmentI AmBigCommentHe
I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.
Paolo Gentiloni
DeterminationCommitmentGovernment
I'm really interested in the collaborative thing. It's what makes it scary because you never know what it's going to end up like. But you hope. You put yourself in the hands of the best people you can find, and you're completely dependent on the kindness of strangers and their commitment. It's like this mutual delusion.
Meryl Streep
KindnessHopeBestCommitmentPeople
The future belongs to us, because we have taken charge of it. We have the commitment, we have the resourcefulness, and we have the strength of our people to share the dream across Africa of clean water for all.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
StrengthFutureWaterCommitment
It's very easy to get excited about a job, but it's a big commitment because you do it and then you have to live with it when it's finished. It's forever in your section in the video store. It's you. It's almost like deciding who you have a child with.
Bridget Fonda
LiveCommitmentJobChildEasyYou
My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.
Narendra Modi
LifeCommitmentChildhoodMeMy Life
Learning about and from your customers isn't always easy and requires a commitment to continual observation.
John Rampton
LearningCommitmentEasyObservation
We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research.
Elizabeth Esty
CommitmentResearchNeedOurReduce
I admire people who overcome obstacles or who have to commit - I've always really admired commitment, whether it be a commitment to living or a commitment to love. People who commit to a moment. People who are not somewhere else, but in the room with you.
Anne-Marie Duff
LoveMomentCommitmentPeopleYou
Are not the gays who seek the right to marry, to formalise their commitment to each other, holding up a mirror to heterosexuals who are marrying less frequently and divorcing more often?
Malcolm Turnbull
MirrorCommitmentMoreRightUpWho
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.
Stephen Jay Gould
LearningCommitmentPastGolden
Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.
David Hackworth
CommitmentPeopleAmericanEveryday
The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.
Allen West
FatherGreatMyselfCommitmentMen
I joined forces with the American Cancer Society in 2010 as a spokesperson for the N.F.L.'s 'A Crucial Catch' campaign, which benefits the American Cancer Society. This was important to me because I lost my mother to breast cancer, and I have always felt a strong commitment to doing all I can to fight this disease.
Larry Fitzgerald
MotherCommitmentFightMeSociety
I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories.
Soledad O'Brien
RelationshipCommitmentQualityLook
I am very proud to have kept my commitment to introduce the married couples' tax allowance. I think it will prove very popular. I think it's absolutely right that we recognise marriage in the tax system properly, and I would like to see that expanded.
David Cameron
MarriageCommitmentI AmProudThink
When I became president with a commitment to reform health care, Hillary was a natural to head the health care task force. You all know we failed because we couldn't break a Senate filibuster. Hillary immediately went to work on solving the problems the bill sought to address one by one.
William J. Clinton
WorkHealthCommitmentProblemsCare
There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Lakhdar Brahimi
CommitmentIdeasProcessResources
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