“I want to say with the utmost of sincerity, not as a Republican, but as an American, that I have great respect for Senator Obama's historic achievement to become his party's nominee, not because of his color, but with indifference to it.”
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“I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think.”
“There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.”
“Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.”
“I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.”
“In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect.”
“As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.”
“Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.”
“I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.”
“All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.”
“In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.”
“I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.”
“I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.”
“I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.”
“Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.”
“It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.”
“I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.”
“Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.”
“One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.”
“I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.”
“Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.”
“I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.”
“I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.”
“People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. That's how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes.”