Quotes About Commitment

Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.

We have a lot of folks who talk about immigration reform but haven't put their name on a bill.

In my view, Reform and Opening Up began with the abandonment of the 'using class struggle as guiding principle' government policy of the Mao era and, in its place, a commitment to economic development and social harmony.

My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.

The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.

You have to refresh yourself with anything that you do all the time and re-tweak it, so the level of integrity associated with what people have learned to love is still the same. And so we don't get bored and fall asleep.

You always want to be on top of the playbook. You always want to be refreshed with the plays, make sure you're on the same page with everyone else.

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.

There should be a global commitment to try and get rid of UNHCR refugee camps and long-term people in those camps.

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

Refuse to be disheartened, discouraged, distracted from your goals in life.

I refuse to take shortcuts.

I would never refuse a film or do a film for a certain amount of money.

To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup, because as an actor, I enjoy performing. It's about the creation of the character and the art to me, not about being comfortable and how long it all takes.

I still refuse films offered to me at phenomenal prices and am doing some for peanuts.

I will only take up acting if the offer is too good to refuse.

Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing.

Be honest with yourself about what you're blowing off. A little cancellation here or a bow-out there can add up... but only if you refuse to acknowledge your actions.

I would not refuse to play for my country over money.

There are certain things you can talk to a partner about and it's someone to lean on. But I refuse to get into a relationship just for the sake of comfort.

When I knew I had the chance to play for Liverpool I couldn't refuse it.

Post 'Geet,' I thought I would not work for at least six months, but when 'Punar Vivaah' came to me, I couldn't refuse.

When the opportunity arose for me to join an organization like the Celtics, I could not refuse.