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Quotes About Compelled

În clipa când È›i se impune s? nu te gândeÈ™ti la un lucru, te vei gândi doar la el, obsesiv. InterdicÈ›ia devine obligaÈ›ie.
~ Jean-Claude Carrière
Well, Scarborough cares, doesn't he? Maximus doesn't—not really. No doubt he's a bit compelled by the chase, but if he doesn't win"—she shrugged her shoulders—"he'll simply find another suitable heiress. She—Lady Penelope herself—doesn't really matter to him. And if it comes right down to it, wouldn't you chose passion—however old—over dispassion?
~ Elizabeth Hoyt
Men do not get credit for their wisdom about partnership. In fact, while they instinctively compete and conceal, men are more compelled to partner than women.
~ Alison A. Armstrong
Um…" Simon started slowly "at the risk of stating the obvious I feel I have to point out that Interpol has the world's best database of international criminals." "That's the idea " Gabrielle said with a nod. "And I feel compelled to remind you that we're international criminals " he finished but Kat was already smiling. "Don't worry Simon. It's not like anyone in there knows it was a bunch of teenagers who robbed the Henley.
~ Ally Carter
New Testament Christians witnessed — not because they had to — but because they could not help it.
~ Richard Halverson
The universe, according to Calvin, is "a mirror in which we are to behold God."[6.22] Calvin said, "men cannot open their eyes without being compelled to see him.
~ Jeffrey D. Johnson
Until we are all compelled and contributing, we're settling for an anemic faith and a church that robs Christ followers of their vitality and repels the rest of the world.
~ Jen Hatmaker
There was something so final about the man's manner that Roland was compelled to accept the dismissal, but it deeply offended him, and the unreasonable anger opened the door for evil thoughts; and evil thoughts—having a cursed and powerful vitality—immediately began to take form and to make plans for their active gratification.
~ AMELIA E. BARR
The truth is, sir, that men do what their power permits them to do. We are no different from the Pharaohs or the Mongols: the difference is only that when we kill people we feel compelled to pretend that it is for some higher cause. It is this pretence of virtue, I promise you, that will never be forgiven by history.
~ Amitav Ghosh
It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise.
~ William Banting
When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.
~ John C. Calhoun
An important memory is like a gravitational field--the mind is compelled to return to it again and again. It is like a moon; it lives in light and shadow.
~ Rikki Ducornet
British!Deadpool: "No, it's no good. I can feel that an American's having a major battle. For some bizarre reason I feel utterly compelled to get involved.
~ Rob Williams
For the hundredth time—or so it seemed to her—she considered the words to use. "Before we left Tar Valon I made arrangements, should anything happen to me, for your bond to pass to another." He stared at her, silent. "When you feel my death, you will find yourself compelled to seek her out immediately. I do not want you to be surprised by it.
~ Robert Jordan
We do not do this thing because it is permitted. We do it because we have to. We do it because we are compelled.
~ Alan Moore
Seduction No one is obliged to receive what we give. No one is obliged to participate in the exchange. Not everyone needs to be compelled into desirable behaviour; customers and employees can also be charmed. Our enchantments can be a trick, a trap, a manipulation, or an expression of genuine affection that benefits all.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Novelists, when their characters drive cars, never feel compelled to describe precisely what the physical actions are of hands, feet, eyes, knees, elbows. Yet many of these same novelists, when their characters copulate, get into such detailed physical description you'd think they were writing an exercise book. We all know the interrelation between the right ankle and the accelerator when driving a car, and we needn't be told.
~ Donald E. Westlake
In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
~ Baruch Spinoza
Totalitarian Principle: "Everything which is not forbidden is compulsory".
~ Andrew Thomas
Geralt, who always maintained there was no such thing as an ugly woman, suddenly felt compelled to revise this opinion.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
When Oprah Winfrey tells you that you need to have your own show, you feel compelled to do it. Especially if she's gonna pay for it!
~ Iyanla Vanzant
What is not forbidden is compulsory.
~ Robert Gilmore
When talented people write badly it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove or they're driven by an emotion they must express.
~ Robert McKee
Because he was impressed by it
~ Lee Child