Marcel Duchamp

One must pass through the network of influence. One is obligated to be influenced, and one accepts this influence very naturally. From the start, one doesn't realize this. The first thing to know: one doesn't realize one is influenced. One thinks he is already liberated, and one is far from it!

French Artist

Eduardo Saverin

I am obligated and I will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the American government. I already paid and I will keep paying whatever taxes I owe based on my time as a U.S. citizen.

Brazilian Businessman

Ninja

People can just put their cash away and continue to make money and never give back because they just do not care, but I immediately felt obligated to use my influence for good things.

American Celebrity

James Comey

Even if information is not marked classified in an email, participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified are still obligated to protect it.

American Public Servant

Dave Ramsey

Would a good friend, a smart friend, encourage you to do something as dishonorable as not pay a bill you're morally and legally obligated to pay? I don't think so.

American Speaker

Dikembe Mutombo

I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.

American Athlete

Yehuda Berg

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

American Clergyman

Ezra Taft Benson

We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.

American Leader

Harvey Cushing

A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.

American Scientist

Jim Leach

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

American Politician

Used when you're required to do something as part of your role or duty.

Personal Responsibility

Indicates a commitment or promise you need to fulfill, often by a deadline.

Task Completion

The action might not be willingly performed; it's done out of necessity or requirement.

Involuntary Nature

Suggests an action is done from a personal moral standpoint, not just because it's required.

Moral Duty

Often conveys a sense of burden or a reluctant agreement to do something.

Emotional Weight

Shows how social norms or expectations can create a feeling of obligation.

Social Expectations

Explains when a party must act in a certain way based on legal agreements.

Legal Requirements

Used when someone’s actions are dictated by the terms of a legal contract.

Contractual Agreements

The obligation is based on law, irrespective of one’s personal belief about the action.

Legality over Morality

 and if you don't, maybe consider taking some unpaid leave for those first few months, if your budget allows. And finally, ask yourself, what do I want? While this may seem simple, it's the factor that feels most taboo to explore. In talking to parents I find that when a woman chooses to stay home, she often feels obligated to say

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 us no questions and we won't be lying that's no questions you get no lies right that's it comes down because when you tell one person that person tells their friend because they are obligated to tell a friend when it comes down to it this is a very cutthroat I said it from day when this they were worth fifty

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 What it means then, you are, in theory, obligated from the harm that you've caused a pollution at a facility in another low-income community -- and very likely community of color -- in another part of the world. That's just wrong.

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 and when I began to write, at about the age of seven, stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was All my characters were white and blue-eyed,

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 Neutrality helps only the oppressor, never the victim." And he's completely right. We journalists are obligated to take sides in certain circumstances; in cases of racism, discrimination, corruption, lying to the public,

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 all obligated to something or somebody in Holland they were in a day after day and today can be helped

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