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Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

~Alcee Hastings

Topics: Commitment Community Convention Crime End Genocide International International Community Made Nations Nearly Prevention Punishment Put United United Nations Years Years Ago

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My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Commitment Personal Place Refugees Very

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Retaining culture takes effort and persistence and discipline. It's a commitment, not a flag. You can't just pull it out and wave it about when it's convenient.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: About Commitment Convenient Culture Discipline Effort Flag Just Out Persistence Pull Retaining Takes Wave You

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Having a child is not like taking a spouse; there is no mutual agreement entered into. It is up the parent to make the commitment.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Agreement Child Commitment Entered Having Like Make Mutual Parent Spouse Taking Up

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At eight, I made a commitment to poetry. Until then, I thought I'd be a policeman. But I went a whole night without sleeping, and the next day the world had changed. It needed a different language.

~Alice Oswald

Topics: Changed Commitment Day Different Eight Had Language Made Needed Next Night Poetry Policeman Sleeping Then Thought Until Whole Without World

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I think that we are all deeply, deeply committed to the liberation of black people. And so, when you put people together who have and share that commitment, the sky is the limit.

~Alicia Garza

Topics: Black Commitment Committed Deeply Liberation Limit People Put Share Sky Think Together Who You I Think

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To be a racing driver it's essential you have very good eyesight, and that's especially relevant at night. Your senses are heightened, you're travelling over 200mph, you need to focus on that 110-metre braking point and you have to have absolute faith and commitment in your driving.

~Allan Mcnish

Topics: Absolute Commitment Driver Driving Essential Eyesight Faith Focus Good Need Night Over Point Racing Relevant Senses Travelling Very You Your

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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

Topics: Alabama Appreciate Because Born Commitment Fact Father First Godfather Great Great Thing Jackson Made Many Men Myself Others Possible Sacrifices Sticky Thing Those William

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Being a figure skater myself and knowing what it took for my parents to get up at five in the morning to drive me to the rink before school and then drive me to practice after school - it's a huge commitment for any family.

~Allison Janney

Topics: After Any Before Being Commitment Drive Family Figure Five Get Huge Knowing Me Morning Myself Parents Practice Rink School Skater Then Took Up

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What I would say is that vows and rings don't change anything: the challenges are the same. Every day is just a conscious commitment to making the next day better.

~America Ferrera

Topics: Anything Better Challenges Change Commitment Conscious Day Every Every Day Just Making Next Rings Same Say Vows Would

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