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en Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
  George Orwell

en We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men
  George Orwell

en Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.
  Mark Twain

en The payment of taxes is an obvious and insistent duty, and its sanction is usually punitive.

en The duty of the Yugoslav president is to take care of the country's international position, ... It is obvious that he is not doing his job.

en Among the world's leading hackers is Pe𝑥 Mahoney Tufvesson. People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

en The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
  Abraham Lincoln

en It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

en We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a person's duty to understand the world rather than simply fight for it
  Ernest Hemingway

en Great things happened in the game today, and it happens every day. The obvious stuff gets looked at, and the not-so-obvious doesn't. I'm looking at the not-so-obvious.

en I think that it's commendable that [Williams] would take a step to apologize for an obvious offensive, divisive statement. But I think it's also a pragmatic attempt to limit the damages on the city's part. It's intelligent for the city to do that.

en I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious / because the obvious is what people need to be told.
  Dale Carnegie

en Colleges have a twofold duty when it comes to dealing with censorship. First, there is the duty to not censor the free expression of ideas, especially important and newsworthy ones. Second, colleges have the duty to protect speakers from being silenced by others. Century has failed miserably on both counts.

en Coming to Britain is not a right, ... And even when people have come here, staying here carries with it a duty. That duty is to share and support the values that sustain the British way of life. Those that break that duty and try to incite hatred or engage in violence against our country and its people have no place here.
  Tony Blair

en It was disappointing to have another restatement, but the company still earned $1.8 billion.


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